New to this car wanting to get rid of some of the problems that the standard ignition has does anybody know if this is a good ignition system everything I'm reading says it is but I want to hear it from you guys

 

I have it on my RX8. It's worth the investment. It ran well on the stock dwell settings but runs ever better with updated dwell settings for D585s.

 

Where did you find the dwell setting info?

 

I found a few threads and saw what people were using and used them. I figured it was a good starting point.

 

Stock coils work great for me so cant really say.

 

I have the Bennet built kit and it works great.

 

Stock coils are a known failure point on these cars....

 

The Rev C coils are good. It's all I run. I have seen these fail but not often. Easy to change them out as well. Just haven't tried the D585's yet.

 

Many members say the Rev.C stock coils have improved the infamous OEM coil issues.

I'm using OEM coils now on my 2nd 8, I went from OEM, to old style GM BHR kit, to SakeBomb on my first.
No complaints on any of them, over 45k on the SB with no issues.

If budget was a concern, I'd go with Rev.C coils.
If money's no object, then SakeBomb it is.

 

Without adjusting the dwell settings, you won't get optimal performance out of these d585s. I read somewhere that it may cause slow starts in past threads. IIRC you need Mazdaedit or Versatune to adjust dwell settings.
Don't you need to upgrade the plug wires too? Not sure if stock NGKs will work.

 

Guys,

Sorry to dredge up a thread over 3 years old. But I bought this BennetBuilt LS Ignition Coil Upgrade.

What I received is what's shown on the Bennet website for RX8s at this time. However, it is different than what is shown in the pictures on this thread and other areas in the forum. From 3+ year back though.

The BennettBuilt assembly did not come with instructions. Because it is a different assembly than what is shown on the forum, I just assumed Tim made some changes to the assembly. I've removed all the stock components and replaced the spark plugs with the correct plugs, and torqued them all correctly.

I've emailed to Tim, for AT LEAST instructions. But after looking at the assembly, there's just no way it is made to attach to the RX8. But that's why I want instructions. I thought I missed something, but I've considered every which way to install this assembly and it's just not going to work. It is like in the current pictures on his website. 4 ignition coils inline. But the bracket will not attach to the stock mounting location.

I believe I've got the wrong assembly (wrong attachment brackets) ... and no instructions.

I've got no response on the emails and it's been about a week or maybe a bit more I've been waiting for any communication. The Facebook link on his website leads to a dead end. And I've found no phone number info.

This is on my son's RX8. He's at home now for Christmas break and will be heading out just after the New Year back to college so I need to get this done. It's sitting in the garage waiting for ignition coils to go back in.

REQUEST: Does anyone happen to have any instructions left over that you could email me?
Does anyone have any updated contact info for Tim?
Does anyone have a suggestion(s)?


THANKS!


JyRo

 

Post a pic of what you have.
My SakeBomb kit mounts on the AC compressor.

 

https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-af...review-268127/

 

My son stepped up, got himself involved, found the RIGHT person on this forum to ask, and went out and removed the stock bracket himself. Very proud of him. I looked at the bracket but didn't see what he found. The right thing would have been gonna be directions to start with. So I have to ding Bennett somewhat heavily for no instructions included and a total ghosting of me. To date I have received no reply.

But between my son and I, we got it installed and put back together. And it is running good.

Quick question: He thinks by the sound of it idling, that we may have gotten the #3 & #4 ignitor coil connector reversed. I know 100% we got the spark plugs connected correctly. And it fired up quicker than ever, runs super smooth, no lights on the dash. I told him I think we got it correct for all those reasons and that it would be apparent if we got it wrong if those were swapped. I would assume if the rear rotor Leading spark plug was firing at the timing of the Trailing spark plug, and vice-versa, it wouldn't be so smooth and would probably see a Check Engine light. Am I wrong? Could they be swapped and it not be apparent?