Relocating coil pack on 172 Cup

[nightSpirit]

If you want to move the coil pack due to fitting a different inlet manifold, has anyone made their own bracket? I have a breather filter on the rear cam cover outlet but what about the oval breather on the top that feeds into the base of the stock manifold? I see several pics on the net where this breather just looks 'open' with nothing covering it...and then the rs2 kit seems to fit the coil pack ontop.

Any advise appreciated!

 

[Meek_racing]

Quite a few people have placed them on the right hand side, there are three M6 holes to pick up on.

Ignore the leads being untidy, they have since been re-arranged

 

[nightSpirit]

Looks good. What have you done with the top breather port? Did you make the bracket yourself?

 

[nightSpirit]

I found a pic of a ph1 car that had a machined angelworks? Blanking plate. Anyone know where to get these?

 

[Meek_racing]

Yeah I had the bracket laser cut and welded in work. We binned the carbon canister so didn't need all the piping, for the 172 you just need to blank off the small breather hole.

 

[nightSpirit]

Ah ok. Do you still have crank case outlets for the gas? I wonder if you could remove the breather panel (does that top panel have a name) and make a blank for the whole thing?

 

[Fred@BTM]

no you can't otherwise the engine will have no breather at all (its built into the back of the breather plate, 90degree outlet on the back)

 

[nightSpirit]

But you can safely plug the side pointing to driver side and top breather?

Can I just fab up an alloy plate for the coil pack and mount it flush over the top of the top breather??

 

[nightSpirit]

Can I remove that top plate easily and weld up the 2 breathers leaving the rear open?

 

[Fred@BTM]

no need its just a vaccum feed for the carbon canister, will make no difference if its blanked or not

 

[nightSpirit]

Sorry Fred. So there are 3 exits on the cam cover. Top, back and driver side. Are you saying the driver side one needs no blanking...or the top one that feeds into the inlet manifold base or both?

 

[Fred@BTM]

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=89940&d=1356785144

top right of that picture is the oil breather

the other 2 are the same/linked, the bit going into the plenum is the vaccum feed for the carbon canister - ignore

 

[Tony Hunter]

You are indeed correct Fred.

 

[nightSpirit]

Great ive already got the top right vented so im all good.

Thanks Fred/Tony

 

[Meek_racing]

But you have to plug that tiny pin hole don't you Fred/Tony?

 

[Tony Hunter]

We have, silicon and a self tapper. No doubt Fred will say not needed.

 

[nightSpirit]

Which tiny pin hole?

 

[Fred@BTM]

182 has tiny pin hole, 172 does not, but they're not interchangeable, dirrefent rocker covers

 

[DannyR]

My Ph1 172 had the tiny pin hole?

 

[BIGASH]

Yeah my new ph1 engine has too! Wasn't sure whether to weld it or leave it open

 

[Fred@BTM]

so they do, i honestly never even noticed it next to the male pokey up bit LOL! i doubt 5L of engine oil will get out through that!

 

[nightSpirit]

I removed the upper and lower inlet (easy job). There is oil around the central breather and traces in the lower inlet and ports. How can this be? I only have the rear breather venting via a filter and the left breather is blocked off.

Also how do you free the injectors from the rail and inlet?