BHR Ignition purchased
12-13-2012, 04:16 PM
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Are you talking all four coils for less than 100, or a single coil for under 100 cuz thats all ive found? because if you are talking all four for under 100 where can you find them? lol
12-17-2012, 10:38 AM
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Just installed my kit last night. The worst part is dickin with the intake system. But if you're used to a wrench, there's really no fuss to be had. I had ordered the kit without plugs from BHR, thinkin that I could find some plugs for a bit cheaper elsewhere. That was my mistake. I was trolliong around, and found that RX7store.net was selling the leading and trailing plugs for about $35 a pair. I went ahead and got both, and the total was just shy of a $100! DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME EITHER. On top of that, it took them a week and a half to get the plugs shipped out to me, when Charles and the guys at BHR had to hand-make, package, and ship their product themselves, and they still arrived in 4 days (and they even included a screaming monkey!). Needless to say, if you're gonna get yourself a new BHR ignition, go ahead and pick yourself up a set of the plugs they offer. They're a bit less expensive that way, anyhow! After waiting for a week for the damn plugs to arrive, I eagerly put my 8 in my shop for the first time since I bought it. I immediatly got myself frusterated trying to find the two hidden bolts at the bottom of the air box, (I decided to leave those out when re-assembleing). when I got the box out, I noticed oil in the accordian intake hose, so I checked all my levels again, and didn't find anything. But I staill decided to tear my throttle body apart to check for any more damage, and it just needed a good shot of carb cleaner. You can now take the new ignition kit, and thread the ground wire under the intake manifold, along the firewall, and accross to the driver's side fenderwell. Under the break booster (big, round, black thing right on the driver's side of the firewall) will be a 10mil grounding bolt. just let the ground wire dangle there for a while. The coil bracket fits snuggly on the baseplate, but if you bend the wire loom down, like Charles advises, it drops on without much fuss, just remember to plug the coils in, back to front, BEFORE you place the bracket on the studs. Otherwise, you'll be fighting with your stupidity. Go ahead and attach the plug wires (again, from back to front T2,L2,T1,L1) while makeing sure they're seated properly by making sure they "click" into place. Now you can attach the ground wire you ran earlier to the bolt you found. Lift your baby up, and remove her front, driver's wheel. This make accessing the spark plugs much easier. The housings are labled T and L for Trailing, and Leadiing 1 and 2. an easy way to remember though is T is for Top, and L is for Lower. Just remove you plugs one by one, using a 13/16 spark plug socket, and a long extension. Connect the plug wires on the proper plugs, again making sure you hear and feel the "click". When that's done, you can put the wheel back on, put her down, and re-install the air box, taking care not to pinch any VAC lines or wireing looms. You should now be able to start her up, and you'll immediatly notice a smother start and idle, along with a modest acceleration gain, most likely do to your new plugs.
12-19-2012, 09:58 AM
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Just installed my kit last night. The worst part is dickin with the intake system. But if you're used to a wrench, there's really no fuss to be had. I had ordered the kit without plugs from BHR, thinkin that I could find some plugs for a bit cheaper elsewhere. That was my mistake. I was trolliong around, and found that RX7store.net was selling the leading and trailing plugs for about $35 a pair. I went ahead and got both, and the total was just shy of a $100! DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE TO ME EITHER. On top of that, it took them a week and a half to get the plugs shipped out to me, when Charles and the guys at BHR had to hand-make, package, and ship their product themselves, and they still arrived in 4 days (and they even included a screaming monkey!). Needless to say, if you're gonna get yourself a new BHR ignition, go ahead and pick yourself up a set of the plugs they offer. They're a bit less expensive that way, anyhow! After waiting for a week for the damn plugs to arrive, I eagerly put my 8 in my shop for the first time since I bought it. I immediatly got myself frusterated trying to find the two hidden bolts at the bottom of the air box, (I decided to leave those out when re-assembleing). when I got the box out, I noticed oil in the accordian intake hose, so I checked all my levels again, and didn't find anything. But I staill decided to tear my throttle body apart to check for any more damage, and it just needed a good shot of carb cleaner. You can now take the new ignition kit, and thread the ground wire under the intake manifold, along the firewall, and accross to the driver's side fenderwell. Under the break booster (big, round, black thing right on the driver's side of the firewall) will be a 10mil grounding bolt. just let the ground wire dangle there for a while. The coil bracket fits snuggly on the baseplate, but if you bend the wire loom down, like Charles advises, it drops on without much fuss, just remember to plug the coils in, back to front, BEFORE you place the bracket on the studs. Otherwise, you'll be fighting with your stupidity. Go ahead and attach the plug wires (again, from back to front T2,L2,T1,L1) while makeing sure they're seated properly by making sure they "click" into place. Now you can attach the ground wire you ran earlier to the bolt you found. Lift your baby up, and remove her front, driver's wheel. This make accessing the spark plugs much easier. The housings are labled T and L for Trailing, and Leadiing 1 and 2. an easy way to remember though is T is for Top, and L is for Lower. Just remove you plugs one by one, using a 13/16 spark plug socket, and a long extension. Connect the plug wires on the proper plugs, again making sure you hear and feel the "click". When that's done, you can put the wheel back on, put her down, and re-install the air box, taking care not to pinch any VAC lines or wireing looms. You should now be able to start her up, and you'll immediatly notice a smother start and idle, along with a modest acceleration gain, most likely do to your new plugs.
12-21-2012, 08:42 AM
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And it's his only post!! OMG lol sad... I'm gonna translate it for us.
Just installed my kit last night. The worst part is messing with the intake system.
I had ordered the kit without plugs from BHR, thinking that I could find some plugs for a bit cheaper elsewhere. I went ahead and got leading and trailing plugs for about $35 a pair, and the total was just shy of a $100! I should have just bought the plugs with the kit.
What is the meaning of this?
The rest of the words are just unnecessary. This is like a grade school essay on how to install an ignition kit. I feel like I lost a few IQ points trying to sift through this. 
I had ordered the kit without plugs from BHR, thinking that I could find some plugs for a bit cheaper elsewhere. I went ahead and got leading and trailing plugs for about $35 a pair, and the total was just shy of a $100! I should have just bought the plugs with the kit.
What is the meaning of this?
The rest of the words are just unnecessary. This is like a grade school essay on how to install an ignition kit. I feel like I lost a few IQ points trying to sift through this. 
01-06-2013, 10:35 PM
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Finally got around to installing my holiday BHR kit order.
The most wrenching to date I've done on my 8. It seemed like the 7 levels of hell at times but was satisfying in the end.
1st level: Getting the bloody lugs loose, some turd tightened them to what seemed like 200 ftlb. I had to break out a damn sledge hammer!!
2nd level: Getting the air box out, not my firs time but always a level of hell
3rd level: Disconnecting the vacuum hoses and various connections, TBH I gave up after one hose and just worked around it all lol
4th level: The damn engine hoist bracket I didn't bother removing
5th level: Plugging the harness back up...yes I didn't follow the directions exactly and also that damn hoist bracket
6th level: Getting the nuts back on to tighten her down, my hands weren't small enough and I didn't have a magnetic socket. Probably took at least 30-45 min to get them all started, getting them tightened was another story, seemed each was just under a coil, WTH!
7th level: Putting everything moved out of the way back.
Took her out for a drive after ...mmmmm
The most wrenching to date I've done on my 8. It seemed like the 7 levels of hell at times but was satisfying in the end.
1st level: Getting the bloody lugs loose, some turd tightened them to what seemed like 200 ftlb. I had to break out a damn sledge hammer!!
2nd level: Getting the air box out, not my firs time but always a level of hell
3rd level: Disconnecting the vacuum hoses and various connections, TBH I gave up after one hose and just worked around it all lol
4th level: The damn engine hoist bracket I didn't bother removing
5th level: Plugging the harness back up...yes I didn't follow the directions exactly and also that damn hoist bracket
6th level: Getting the nuts back on to tighten her down, my hands weren't small enough and I didn't have a magnetic socket. Probably took at least 30-45 min to get them all started, getting them tightened was another story, seemed each was just under a coil, WTH!
7th level: Putting everything moved out of the way back.
Took her out for a drive after ...mmmmm
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