Engine Performance.

[DMCVegas@xxxx]

With the addition of a new Ignition Coil, the only 2 remaining 
parts of my ignition system are the ballast resistors, and the 
pickup coil inside the distributor. Even the Ignition ECU is new.

All I can say is WOW! What an improvement to the engine's 
power! While I still have the slight bucking on hills, I'll be working 
on that this weekend. I took the car out for a test run, and I can 
tell you that performance is MUCH better! Haven't gotton it out 
onto the highway yet to open open up the throttle all the way. 
Holiday weekend, and too many troopers & DUI checkpoints out 
to risk it. So far my highest speed has been 112mph, we'll see if 
I can beat that.

I want to say that it was mentioned a couple of years back on the 
DML here. And I also want to say that it was quoted by DMC Joe, 
but I'm not sure. Nor can I find it anywhere in the archives. The 
quote was about how ignition components, including the ECU 
can wear out, and hurt engine performance. I can tell you now 
that this is definately true! I've also noticed an improvement in 
gas milage. I'm not even @ half a tank yet, and I've already 
clocked on about 110 miles.

Just wanted to pass this along. I read an article a while back 
about x-drilled rotors. I was interesting in as it stated the reason 
that most people see such improvements in the brakes are not 
from the new rotors, but because they usually do a full brake job 
@ the same time. Perhaps this is also why people who do 
engine swaps see such improvements in performance. They're 
also installing new ECU's & electronic components as well...

-Robert
vin 6585 "X"