Subject: Coil Weight
From: ACRE NL
Date: 3/9/2002, 5:15 PM


Do  you know the weight of the GM coils.  If there is a
significant
difference,  I will change if Tracy can be talked into making the
requisite modification to  the controller.    Jerry

My six coils, with the mount weigh 4.5 lbs (pic attached).  I'll
guess
the
mount wieghs about the same as a 12 oz bottle of beer - maybe a
couple
less - so the coils are about 10 oz each.

BTW; I still have a couple of these mounts if anyone is interested.

Al Gietzen alventures@msn.com


The Mazda coils weigh  5 lbs each, not including brackets.    Switching
to the GM coils will save 7.5 lbs!!!        Jerry

5 lbs each?  Is that possible?

BTW, I got the weight of the coils and brackets by getting on the digital
bathroom scale holding the coils; and subtracting the wieght of me not
holding the coils.  Not precise, but good enough for the purposes.

Al

 
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