Spark plug wire organization?

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Jul 24, 2025 | 04:58 PM

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mat-it

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Yes, Stinger has a kit for this to add the coils ($1200). One goal is to lose the TFI module and PIP sensor which can be problematic.

Jul 24, 2025 | 05:08 PM

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Just to be clear & for the sake of peace, it's coil "near plug" if it uses some wire.

Explorer late 5.0s had this. It used a Hall effect sensor on a stub in the distributor position.

You can do a crank (actual on crank) sensor. The stub pickup can suffer spark scatter just like any distributor.

Which depending on usage is nothing.

Jul 24, 2025 | 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Scndsin

Just to be clear & for the sake of peace, it's coil "near plug" if it uses some wire.

Yep. Coil on plug is what Modular motors have.

Jul 25, 2025 | 12:00 PM

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Yep. Coil on plug is what Modular motors have.

And my 351w, COP, no plug wires, about 8" long. No concern about spark plug wire organization.

Jul 25, 2025 | 12:08 PM

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Love to see those mounted.

Jul 25, 2025 | 07:03 PM

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Yep. Coil on plug is what Modular motors have.

early modulars had a coil pack like the cologne v6s did im pretty sure

Jul 28, 2025 | 05:13 AM

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torq'ta 5 8

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My 97 F150 had 2 coil packs, one on each side of the engine, for that bank of 4 plugs.

Jul 28, 2025 | 09:12 PM

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My 97 F150 had 2 coil packs, one on each side of the engine, for that bank of 4 plugs.

ford explore 5.0 EDIS wasted spark.

Definitely an improvement.

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Aug 2, 2025 | 11:49 PM

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What do you guys think of this? Driver side should be on the other side of the oil filler tube but I thought it looked better where it’s at now. Should I make it go on the other side of the filler tube and over the center of the valve cover like the factory diagram showes?

Aug 2, 2025 | 11:53 PM

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Nmaykdm

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The passenger side looks exactly like this and the driver side looks just like picture above, just on the other side of the oil filler tube.

Aug 2, 2025 | 11:58 PM

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Driver side

Passenger side

Aug 3, 2025 | 12:23 AM

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as long as these have a bit of space from eachother (not touching ) looks good

Aug 3, 2025 | 12:30 AM

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as long as these have a bit of space from eachother (not touching ) looks good

they are definitely touching right there. I’ll be sure to address that in the morning. Does anyone have pictures of how they keep them separated right there. Pretty tight space

Aug 3, 2025 | 03:12 AM

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they are definitely touching right there. I’ll be sure to address that in the morning. Does anyone have pictures of how they keep them separated right there. Pretty tight space

just adjust the tension toward the distributor cap so it stays elevated a bit

Aug 3, 2025 | 10:24 AM

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Looks great. Don't obsess over the routing too much.

You can't do a 100% no wires cross installation.

I've been taught that it's not a spark jumps across to adjacent wire, it's voltage is "induced by a collapsing magnetic field" causes partial spark

Others can have a differing opinion & I'm good with that.