Custom LS2 Ignition Install
#1
Custom LS2 Ignition Install
For those of you who haven't been following a few other threads I have been posting in, I have been working on a DIY LS2 ignition installation and finally got around to installing it yesterday. Here are some shots of my work:
Mocking Up
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_164521.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_164508.jpg)
Fabbing Up a Mouting Plate
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_182122.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_182140.jpg)
Installing Coils on Plate
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_194705.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_194716.jpg)
Installing Assembly to OEM Bracket
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_201719.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_201730.jpg)
Creating LS2 Wires
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_162846a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_163023a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_162032a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_162619a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_163258a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_165717a.jpg)
Fully Assembled Kit
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_170534a.jpg)
Removing OEM Coils
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_175401a.jpg)
Installing LS2 Coils
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_181548a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_181558a.jpg)
All Buttoned Up
Mocking Up
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_164521.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_164508.jpg)
Fabbing Up a Mouting Plate
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_182122.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_182140.jpg)
Installing Coils on Plate
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_194705.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_194716.jpg)
Installing Assembly to OEM Bracket
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_201719.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120321_201730.jpg)
Creating LS2 Wires
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_162846a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_163023a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_162032a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_162619a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_163258a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_165717a.jpg)
Fully Assembled Kit
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_170534a.jpg)
Removing OEM Coils
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_175401a.jpg)
Installing LS2 Coils
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_181548a.jpg)
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_181558a.jpg)
All Buttoned Up
![](http://www.normalexception.net/images/rx8_coils/IMG_20120322_182658a.jpg)
#11
I managed to get the coils at a really good price (100 total for all 4), and then the wires and boots cost me a total of roughly 100. Throw in the sheet of aluminum and the screw dowels, and i would say about $220, and if you throw in the OEM coil bracket it would be a total of $260
edit: forgot to throw in the RX8 -> LS2 harness which was another $100 .... so we are looking at about $360ish
edit: forgot to throw in the RX8 -> LS2 harness which was another $100 .... so we are looking at about $360ish
Last edited by paimon.soror; 03-23-2012 at 10:51 PM.
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Where'd you ground yours exactly ? Others told me to ground on the driver side somewhere. But my PnP wiring harness was long enough to routed directly unto the battery's negative terminal.
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eventually you will need this too, regardless of coil/wire type
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-testing-all-rx-8-coils-gm-ls2-yukon-coils-sparkplug-wires-222641/
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-do-yourself-forum-73/diy-testing-all-rx-8-coils-gm-ls2-yukon-coils-sparkplug-wires-222641/
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running on double cream!
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eventually you will need this too, regardless of coil/wire type
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=222641
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=222641
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Unless they have access to the OE map how would they and why would it matter when there is no tuning solution to access and change it?