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Aftermarket coil bracket (for OEM ignition setup)?

Old 02-22-2018, 06:49 AM
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Aftermarket coil bracket (for OEM ignition setup)?

Seems legit?


https://www.rx8performance.com/produ...coil-bracket-1


I'm using new OEM revision C coils and the latest OEM wires and would like to keep them as fresh as possible.
Old 02-22-2018, 07:53 AM
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Seems like a decent, if pricey, piece of aluminum.

Whether or not it would actually have any beneficial impact is anybody's guess.
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Just drill holes in your stock bracket.
Old 02-22-2018, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8
Just drill holes in your stock bracket.
Yeah, really, drill & Dremel.
I just realized they were punched out, I didn't look closely at them.
I thought there was some kind of little square insulators.
That's expensive.
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Either way it does nothing and the white spots on the coils mean nothing.
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^Yep, fairly common misconception people have about white spots. I thought they mean the coils were burnt up, but apparently, Mazda officially has said that they don't mean anything.

Like said, nobody is sure if give coils a bit more cooling truly helps. I have seen attempts where people would add a layer of insulator between the coils and the bracket.
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I run one of these: https://rotaryperformance.com/collec...coil-insulator

Came with the ignition kit I got from them.
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IMO the white spot is usually just deposits that dried there after being wet and then dried by the internal heat multiple times.
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