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Double Banking

Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:03 pm
by plank22
More haltech questions....!!

For my Haltech ex6 which is made for 4 cyl engines I need to double bank it for the 3.9 v8. This will be done with wasted spark but I need to pair the cylinders so as I will have a spark on one cylinder thats on fire stroke and also sparking on the second cylinder which is on exhaust stroke, right? The fireing order is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2 so would it be 1+8 4+3 6+5 7+2? Also how about the coil packs? The loom only has one set of wires for one coil pack.

Cheers.

Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2009 8:11 pm
by Coops
if you going wasted spark i think your find its 1-6, 8-5, 4-7, 3-2

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:16 am
by plank22
thev8kid wrote:if you going wasted spark i think your find its 1-6, 8-5, 4-7, 3-2

so is this still going on the same theory as mine with the wasted spark on the exhaust and I just got the sequence well wrong?!?!

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:36 am
by stevieturbo
Yes.

How many ignition outputs does your E6X have ?

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:57 pm
by plank22

Re: Double Banking

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:12 pm
by stevieturbo
plank22 wrote: The loom only has one set of wires for one coil pack.

Cheers.
Thats the reason I asked.....

Youn can drive as many coils as you like. Not just one coil pack.

4 wires could drive 8 single coils, 4 doubles, 2 quadruples etc etc

Or just use a single coil driver and retain the dizzy for sparking each cylinder.

You'll also need a suitable ignition amplifier for whatever route you take.

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:44 pm
by plank22
One of the reasons to go for the haltech is to get rid of the dizzy because of water. Is the ignition amp not a part of the ECU? I know that on a emerald system that its a part of the ECU and you wire straight into the coil pack. Thanks.

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:49 pm
by stevieturbo
plank22 wrote:One of the reasons to go for the haltech is to get rid of the dizzy because of water. Is the ignition amp not a part of the ECU? I know that on a emerald system that its a part of the ECU and you wire straight into the coil pack. Thanks.
Not on a Haltech. You need an external amp. Some ecu's do, some dont.

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:08 pm
by plank22
bugger. google here I come!

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:03 pm
by stevieturbo
Haltech sell them Although there are dozens of cars out there that have external amps too.

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:44 pm
by plank22
Yeh I found them too. Cheers for your help steve.