DIY Stud of the Month
Got a good idea for a cheap / easy / effective DIY way of doing things that
may help others out? Share it with us and you may be declared the all
dishonorable DIY Stud of the Month! Send in your pics with a short
description of what you've done and the problem it solved. Doesn't
have to be EFI/Ignition related, just keep it car related and creative.
We'll pick from the best each month and post one up here.
So email us your DIY Tips and Tricks, maybe you're the next SOTM ;).
Note everything you see here is customer submitted and has not
been fully tested by anyone here at DIYAutoTune, use information
found here at your own risk!
January 2010
The January 2010 DIYSOTM is Justin Finney with a
writeup on use of one of our MegaSquirt EMS systems and trigger
wheels and installation of a Ford EDIS ignition system on a 1966
Bronco (article could be helpful to anyone doing an EDIS conversion
though). He's even gone so far as to powercoat the trigger
wheel and bracket.
Click the images, or this link for
a full step by step write-up.
December 2009
The December 2009 DIYSOTM is Jeff Linfert from
Atlantic
Auto Works/Boles Motorsports in Melbourne, FL. He's
submitted a writeup on how to modify GM DIS coils packs to stop
using the internal ignitors allowing you to fire the coils directly
from your MegaSquirt ECU (via BIP373's or possibly an external
ignitor). He's chosen to go this route because these coils are
so readily available in any yard you might go to, and while the
coils are good the built in ignitors can be a bit flaky.
Here's how to de-flakify them and get your fire burning.
Click the image, or this link for
a full step by step write-up.
November 2009
This month's DIY Stud of the Month (SOTM) is Publio Morera for his cheap and
easy solution to holding down individual coils on his NA Miata. Early
Miata guys often convert to COPs, particularly the turbo Miata guys who need
to improve their ignition system to fire off those boosted intake charges
once they approach 14psi or so and start to blow out what the stock system
can provide. If you've got aluminum welding skills of course you can
weld hold down studs, or take it somewhere and have it done. Or, you
can be a DIY Stud like Publio here and use a couple aluminum brackets held
down by the center valve cover bolts, with a rod threaded through and a bit
of padding/rubber above each coil to dampen vibration. The rubber cap
(a vacuum cap) on the end prevents the bar from sliding out of the bracket
from vibration.
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