How difficult is it to do? I have yet to even see my coils since I'm too big to even get under the car to reach them and I want to move them up to a strut tower or firewall or whatever for a few reasons. First, I always have to have a friend who is much smaller than me get under there if I need to change a coil or spark plug wires for some reason. Second, although (according to my friend) there is plenty of dielectric (sp?) grease on the connections, every time they get wet, the coils short out. Yesterday it rained enough to have water standing everywhere and I managed to short the coils 3 times, and the third time I think it fried one of them pretty bad. This morning I cant even get enough spark to keep the car running, it won't idle at all now, and I can't get enough RPM to get the car out of first gear without killing the motor. Then there's the CEL codes, it trips the ECU every 30 seconds or so... This happens when I go through the car wash too, it's happened several times and it's geting old, I'm tired of replacing coils and having to clear the trouble codes, so if I can move them to higher ground so to speak, it'd be nice.
You check the plug wires? If they go sour, then the high resistance will foul the coils.
Plug wires are less than 3 months old, same with the plugs. I checked them, even checked the sheathing to make sure it hadn't been split open, they seemed fine. But this car for some reason eats a coil every couple months. I've put on 3 new coils in the last 9 months, each time after it rains really hard or if I get an underbody wash when I clean the car. So I'm just tired of messing with it, plus I can't get to them. I put my car on the ramps last night and still can't get to them, I'm just too damn big, especially since the car is lowered now. My buddy can get to them with just a floor jack. I think moving them will just make my life easier.
I could be mistaken, but the coil packs may be 'grounded' where they are onto the engine block. I don't know whether the spot is specificly designed for this or not. If this is the case, then the mounting surface absolutely must be cleaned/preped. Otherwise, you'll have massive voltage build-up and fried packs.
Ive seen some mechanics have relocated the coil packs from the back of the block to the front or firewall, I believe you got to make sure the wiring is correct, I am pretty sure you can run an external ground wire to the engine block.
Have you changed the ignition module?
My relative's Buick, it had fried one ignition coil, garage changed it, all well for a week-then same missfire. Took it back to the garage, they changed the ignition module and the newly fried coil (No charge for new coil).
Car has been perfect ever since
Just a thought-something must be frying the coils
Alont
Here is some information on how to do the switch to outboard DIS system.
Works really good and been perfectly reliable since I fabricated and installed the setup.
Hope this helps.
Misnblu
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Thank you Dave and JBO! 
Well, with the post, would take it you have the 2.2OHV setup.
Just extend the 7 wires, the 2wire and 5 wire plug that plugs into the ICM on the coil pack.
Once extended, can remount the entire DIS setup to another location and get custom plug wires if the factorys are too long or short..
It should be a relatively simple setup to do as long as you know how to solder and extend wires.
Good luck with it.
Misnblu
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Thank you Dave and JBO!
alont wrote:Have you changed the ignition module?
Yeah. My buddy came over Friday and switched it out for me. I don't think it's a module problem, but then again I could be wrong. I've had this problem so many times but the module has always checked out to be okay.
As far as the wiring, I'm not worried about that, I just wasn't sure if the coils COULD be relocated without causing more troubles.
Misnblu, thanks for that info. It clears things up a bit.
Here's what I'm actually thinking. I'm going to be relocating the battery to the trunk this summer when I start building the stereo setup. That's going to leave all that room at the stock battery tray, and I think that'd be the perfect spot for the module and coils. It gets the unit away from heat and makes them easy to get to.
Misnblu
Awesomely
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Looks good too
Alont
