Dizzy to no Dizzy

[VRmonster 1]

How difficult would it be to remove the distributor from my engine and install a coilpack. i understand that id probably need a new wiring harness to install the vr6 coilpack, but say i was going to install an SDS EFI stand alone engine management, how can i remove the dizzy and swap in the hardware for a coilpack, ignoring the wiring.

[acf8181 0]

bolting the thing on is quite simple i think, think you'd need the coilpack, the top chain cover, and maybe new cam sprokets and thats it.

not sure about the wiring though, but i'd have thought you'd need an engine loom and prob a different ecu (tho if you get uprated management that solves it).

...these are only educated guesses though. maybe worth trying to speak to phatvr6 think he's done the reverse before now.

[jcorallo 0]

I've done this - I installed the Corrado 2.9 engine which had a dizzy, into my Golf, which has the coilpack.

You have to swap over the sprocket end cover and you can keep the same sprockets - you will also need to remove the distributor drive prongs and replace with the sender magnets etc. Very straight forward.

Hardest bit is undoing the end bolts on the camshafts.....!

Jules

[VRmonster 1]

cool, are the end bolts just stiff like? and how dificult would the parts be to source, or should i just go to the stealer?

also, if i went for a stand alone, would i still need the sender magnets, as a coilpack is supplied with its own sender module and magnets that are installed into the crank pulley.

[jcorallo 0]

yeah - of the VR6 engines I've worked on, I've always found one of the camshaft end bolts to be OK to undo, and the other a right b*tch. Holding the cam steady while you do this, if in the car, is quite tricky. You tend to see the cam start to twist if the end bolt is so tight....!

Jules