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Using search, I see that someone thought of retrofitting an automotive coil to the GS, and was pretty-much shot down because the group thought there was risk of damaging the ignition box (ignitor).
Is this just a fear; or based on any factual information?
I measured the impedance of the coil in question and compared it to a Talon/Eclipse coil-pack I happen to have laying around for R&D purposes and found that the impedance is within 8% of the stock suzuki coil. And, the two coils on my bike are more than 5% differerent when compared to eachother. The load this coil presents on the ignitor should be indistinguishable from the stock suzuki coil. The coil pack has two coils and fires 2 cylinders at a time; same sort of arrangement. The plug wires may be usable without modification, in fact.
Example unit:
Why bother?
- Cost (can be sourced for $20 or less with connector and wires at a salvage yard).
- Spark energy (I'm willing to bet that a coil pack off a neon/eclipse/talon provides more spark energy than the OEM suzuki part).
- Removable, available plug wires.
I can't see spending $100-300 to solve a broken plug-wire problem when a solution this nice (and this cheap) could potentially be retrofitted. Does anyone have any information pointing to why this wouldn't work? If not, I'll go ahead and try it in the name of science.
Byron
Is this just a fear; or based on any factual information?
I measured the impedance of the coil in question and compared it to a Talon/Eclipse coil-pack I happen to have laying around for R&D purposes and found that the impedance is within 8% of the stock suzuki coil. And, the two coils on my bike are more than 5% differerent when compared to eachother. The load this coil presents on the ignitor should be indistinguishable from the stock suzuki coil. The coil pack has two coils and fires 2 cylinders at a time; same sort of arrangement. The plug wires may be usable without modification, in fact.
Example unit:
Why bother?
- Cost (can be sourced for $20 or less with connector and wires at a salvage yard).
- Spark energy (I'm willing to bet that a coil pack off a neon/eclipse/talon provides more spark energy than the OEM suzuki part).
- Removable, available plug wires.
I can't see spending $100-300 to solve a broken plug-wire problem when a solution this nice (and this cheap) could potentially be retrofitted. Does anyone have any information pointing to why this wouldn't work? If not, I'll go ahead and try it in the name of science.
Byron
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