archemitis Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 so, i was having trouble with my ea82, in my hatch, and couldnt quite figure it out. it was running real crappy at higher rpm, but good down low. so i figured it was my coil(new chrome accel). i pulled the coil wire completely off, and this accel coil is so powerfull, it jumped a spark out of the high tower insulator part, and all the way back to my coil mount. like 4 inches of hot blue spark. so i figured the coil is ok. i took off the disty cap, and i had no plunger, or spring in the top of the cap, so this coil was jumping an air gap more than 5 times the gap of a spark plug, before it even got to the plug. in short, crappy disty caps(and absentmindedness) suck! but accel coils rule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turbone Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Give it a few months, it will leave you stranded somewhere. Trust me, and some other folks. Switch to the yellow or the mega spark. http://usmb.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12600 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archemitis Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 ya, i saw that, right after i saw one sitting on my co workers chevy that had over 50 k on the accel coil, that was chrome anybody can have bad luck with anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baccaruda Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 i put an accel 8140 coil in the brat as part of its complete welcome-to-the-stable tuneup.. it runs sooo nice. it got 23.5mpg, first half tank highway, second half tank heavy city driving, right before the coil upgrade. i can't wait to put a 5 speed and a built EA81 in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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