coil mounting guidance

[Easter]

when I purchased the 83 known now as the Camel, it came with an automotive coil. I don't remember the make. But I think others have used this coil and I am hoping you can steer me to the build thread for wiring connections and frame mounting.
thanks in advance.

[Rednaxs60]

Having changed the coils on my '85 GW FI model to a different coil pack, and finally to COP install, will hazard a guess. This coil pack is a "dumb" coil pack (no internal coil driver - need an external one). The centre wire should be power in to the coil pack - common wire for the two coils, the outer wires are the ICU connections to each side. To check use multimeter, centre pin to outside pin(s) should have continuity, no continuity between outside pins. Outside pins, right side for right side coil, left side pin for left side coil. Hope this helps.

[dontwantapickle]

looking at the wire colors on the original plug and assuming that it's wired correctly,
The yellow wire fires 1 and 2
The blue wire fires 3 and 4

The coil pack doesn't need to be grounded. just wire it up and it will work.
In my experience they run hot, so mount it where it can get airflow.
search neon coil, there are threads

[ritalz]

Those look like the Dodge Neon coils. I've been considering these or possibly rigging up some coil overs as an experiment.

[Sagebrush]

Those are neon coils. I installed them on both my 1100s and they worked great. Several installation threads on goldwingdocs.com depending on your bike.

[Rednaxs60]

Those look like the Dodge Neon coils. I've been considering these or possibly rigging up some coil overs as an experiment.

This would be an interesting experiment. Socrace did an EFI conversion and ended using COP units combined with paired fuel injection. He was using a Mega/Micro Squirt after market ECU. He found the dwell time for the COP units to be approximately 1.5 ms instead of the approximate 3.0 ms dwell of the OEM coils. I am replacing the OEM CFI ECU on my '85 GW FI model with an aftermarket ECU, Speeduino, and have converted the CFI system to sequential fuel and ignition using COP units as Socrace did. Unless you are able to tune the dwell times, I would think you will fry the COP units. Just a thought.

Cheers