vglnte1

are they better than stock? the car is misfiring and sputtering...a mess. plugs on teh way, so I might as well do coils to. car has 37k miles. 2005

Jedi54

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Never fear, Jedi is here!

send a PM to Charles R. Hill: https://www.rx8club.com/members/charles-r-hill-5791/

04RX8man

^damn Jedi is here AGAIN! I was just gonna say to order them from BHR so ur's is prob more constructive

Jedi54

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vglnte1: forgot to answer the 2nd half of your question.

Yes, they are better the stock coils. The stock coils seems to be prone to early failure and the Yukon coils should easily outlive the OEM's.

If your'e doing plugs, might as well throw some new coils in there.

vglnte1

awesome. thanks guy. now all you have to do is find me a res midpipe for cheap and you are my new best friend

Jedi54

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while you're sending Ray (CRH) a PM about the coils, have him add you to the list for the new BHR resonated midpipe. Prototype is already being tested, product could be out by the end of the month.

So.... about this whole Best Friends Forever thing....

04RX8man

^haha...he said cheap though and we're not even sure of a price for the BHR midpipe!...

Jedi54

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It should be cheaper then other resonated midpipes out there.

vglnte1

i would like something quick. I think the cat may be clogged?

this car used to run awesome, then it flooded. the dealer had it. now its check engine lights and mis fires..

i ordered plugs...PM'd that guy about coils. He check PM's often?

and i want a midpipe.

also, can i just unhook the battery for a while to reset the ecu?

Jedi54

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Charles R Hill aka "Ray" checks his PM very often. He'll get back to you soon.
Disconnecting the battery cable will clear the CEL but I'd recommend pulling the code first just to know what exactly triggered it.

Where are you located? Maybe there's a member near you who can pull it for you. Or, if you live outside of CA, most auto parts stores will loan you their code reader.

How does the car run now?
Try the plugs, coils, and wires. Have you had a chance to look at the cat?

vglnte1

its running like crap above 7000

just fine all other times. Idle is a WEEE bit more choppy than normal.

I live in Peoria Illinois

jsjjr

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While you're at it, you may as well throw your hat in the mix for MM's tuning with the Cobb AP. It'll make a world of difference in how your car drives.

Get it here:
http://www.mazdamaniac.com/cobb/accessport.htm

Jedi54

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I'm still leaning towards bad coils.
hopefully the BHR ones will fix that, if not then time for a midpipe or high flow cat.

04RX8man

I agree with JEDI...oh and jsjjr about the AP....

shadycrew31

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Altitude does strange things to cars, I highly doubt the cat is clogged though. Have you cleaned your throttle body and maf and airfilter?

Also have you had the compression checked?

Dunno if it will help but you can reset your pcm
it's an easy thing to do to reset a/f trims

press and hold the odo reset button
put the key in the ignition turn to on position but don't start it
wait until you see test in the odo readout then let go of the rest button
take the key out and start the car back up

That helped me allot when I was self tuning with e manage.

rx8cited

Can you please point me to where the I might read about the advantages of the BHR Ignition System over OEM parts?

rx8cited

Charles,
Thanks for those links .... I'd like to read your (the master's) explanation of the advantages first. If I missed that then give me a link to your post.

Flashwing

The advantages of the kit are that it provides much more durable ignition coils that can deliver a much greater amount of spark energy than stock. This means that you'll get a much more complete combustion than using the stock coils and you won't be hassled with replacing them every 25,000 miles.

shadycrew31

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The only disadvantage I could see is that you buy the kit and it turns out the problem was something else. I don't want to take business away from people, especially good people like bhr. But I would highly suggest you find out whats wrong with your car before you start buying parts.

kersh4w

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right. thats why charles said to find the problem before you buy any aftermarket parts.

rx8cited

Flashwing, shadycrew31, kersh4w thanks for those responses.

What the expected lifetime of these coils?

Flashwing

There's no real exact number but the coils are used on the GM Yukon truck from the factory so they are designed to last a very long time. They will certainly outlast your OEM Mazda coils for sure.

Either way, the coils are warrantied for a full year through BHR so if you have any issues we will take care of it.