Dyna Coil installation technique

[harvdog42]

Hello,

I recieved my dyna coils the other day and started mounting them with the angle bracket technique that was suggested on this forum. What a pain in the butt...no room, screws, nuts and wobbly brackets everywhere.

I came up with another method to mount them that worked well for me.

I drilled 1/4" holes through the metal plates at ninety degrees to the exsiting holes so that I could mount them exactly like the factory coils using the exsiting hardware. The mod to the coils was easy and the installation is clean.

There is something you have to be careful of. Before you drill the plates you need to give the ends of the laminations a good soaking with superglue. The glue soaks right in and keeps the little pieces of the laminations that are cut loose during drilling from falling out.

To prepare for drilling you need to clamp the very ends of the coils in a vice so the laminations are pressed together and stay put during drilling. It is best to start with a tiny drill such as a 1/16" then go to the bigger drill. The metal is soft and easy to drill.

The drilled holes can be lined up by eyeballing the exsiting holes in the Dyna coils since they are the correct distance apart.

I haven't had a chance to run the bike with the new coils yet since I'm doing some other work to it.

Jim

[Pat Kelly]

Sounds like a good alternative to my angle brackets. I didn't have any problems with the brackets.
What wires are you going to use?
Keep us posted

[harvdog42]

I bought some Accel wires just because that is what the store had. They have the ninety degree spark plug boots which work well.

I fired up the bike today after doing a valve job and installing the Dyna coils. It sounds great.

I couldn't run it hard though because the belt on my supercharger is bad. I've ordered a couple belts which should be in next week.

Have fun,

Jim

[Pat Kelly]

I just noticed your location. Is tha SoCal? I'm in Modesto (100 mi. south of Sacramento). A roadtrip to check out your bike seems to be in order (any excuse to ride).

[harvdog42]

Hello Pat,

I'm still working on the beast so I'm not ready for to show it yet. I can send you pics if you would like. What is the deal on uploading pics to the forum?

Jim

[TopCatGr58]

Uploading pix.

Hey there Jim,

Regrettably, you can't actually "upload" any pictures to the FORUM, there is no place/space to store them. You have to have them on a server someplace, and then you just post a link/url to where the picture is located. Many ISP's have personal web space that you can use for creating home web pages and such, check with yours. Some folks use places like ImageStation where they have photo albums posted and link to them!?

HTH. T.C.