Coils for Ion (BMW)

[Martin Hill]

> garfield at pilgrimhouse.com wrote:
> > 
> > On Mon, 1 Jun 1998 13:54:43 -0400, "Bruce Plecan" <nacelp at bright.net>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > >Jocabs nope
> > >Holley busy
> > >Davis Unified Ignition, at least understood what I wanted
> > >Accel, no answer in tech
> > >MSD, no answer in tech
> > >Can anybody think of someone else??????....
> > 
> > A right noble and intrepid effort, Sir Pelican. But I've just about
> > given up hope of finding a "normal", single tower coil, and so I think
> > we should switch our quest to just finding a suitable
> > twin-tower/wasteFire coil.
> > 
> > So, instead of tryna find an ordinary singleFire coil with independant
> > pri's & sec's, let's segue to asking if anyone knows of a decent
> > twin-tower coil that has some suitable connectors. Basically anything
> > better than slots for spade terminals in the underbelly, like the GM
> > ones.
> > 
> > Now, for preferences, it should have MALE HV tower terminals (ya know,
> > like spark plug ends), cuz I'd wanna SOLDER a connection to one of em,
> > instead of use ordinary wire with a HV connector, and then pot that end.
> > And that's not as easy if the towers are "sockets". But even this isn't
> > a biggie.
> > 
> > Then on the connector end, NO preferences other than NOT an
> > embedded/potted female spade, like them GM gizmos. (Nuthin wrong with
> > them when they're mounted on their module bases, but in this case we
> > ain't got no plastic molded base, and I'd just as soon not have to make
> > one, not to mention the seals to hermeticize the connection. I could
> > glue them on, but I don't like the idea of glueing in place a friction
> > connector.
> > 
> > >Got time, and phone, outa dialing numbers.
> > >
> > >Cheers
> > >Bruce         nacelp at bright.net     if ya got clues....

Have you tried BMW coils.  There are single coils available for those 
which sit directly on top of the plug.  On the top are three 
connections, outside two for primary, middle one for secondary.  Not 
sure if you have looked at these already, apologies if you have.

Martin