Hey Im a Newbie and felt I should share some knowledge of swaping a Ford EDIS 6 coil onto the VR6. Like alot of VR6 owners I started having Misfires. Knowing that the VR6 Coil is prone to failure I had no desire to buy a Brand New VW coil, Espicially for $330 at the local parts store. First I tried to cover it with epoxy that fixed some of the misfiring but not all of it. I saw a million GM Coil Pack swaps and the extra bracket and extra wiring to make them work, then I came across one guy who used a Ford EDIS 6 coil. Me being a Ford Guy at Heart It didnt take me long to Decide what I was gonna do. This swap is alot more straight forward and Stock Ford EDIS Coils are cheap and Never Fail. I picked up the Used Ford coil wiring plug and stock Ford plug wires off of a friends of mines Thunder Bird SuperCoupe.
Here are some pics.
Everything
Ford Coil vs. VR6 Coil (note the bad epoxy job on the VW coil, ha)
I'm not sure I understand your question.
You are supposed to pull the ends off of your Taurus wires and transplant them on your vw wires.
I did this though and they barely fit(with stretching them to the max)
ie pull the boots off of the ford plugs and put them on the vw wires? I was thinking you'd have to cut the elbow plugs off the vw wires and crimp new hardware to them and then put the ford boot over the new crimped end. I was going off of the DIY that was linked earlier in the thread.
ding ding ... except I knew the ford plug wires didn't look like they'd fit at all so I was expecting to need to basically make custom plug wires that had one end with the VW plug for the spark plug and the the other with the ford coil pack plug... which is why I was surprised when I saw that "they fit, but barely" ... what I saw there's no way 1 and 6 would ever reach, unless the coilpack was like on top of the manifold... heh... ya think 6 dents up through the hood would look bad?
Let us know if you do this http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
I used the wires from a set of HEI for a small block chevy.
You can also buy the MSD Super Condictor and make your own.
There is also another alternative from fourseasonstuning, they make the wires for the coil setup that I have now.
There should be a whole thread on here by CUBIX some good info in there.
Doesn't matter if it has been done before, it is a job well done. Clean and precise, and well thought out. Did you ask him if he took notes on the other one, or did you just assume he had no imagination of his own?
i just finished this mod!
car runs great, idle is smooth, seems stronger (might be placebo).
i spent $31 dollars, and thats because i bought warranty on the coil pack incase it was dead. all this at the local junkyard. came off a Ford Ranger. i couldn't say what year.
on to pictures...
and a picture of the patient:
all in all very easy mod, the hardest part was dremeling the old coilpack box so the ford unit can fit.
i took the wires from the ford and cut them at the end and spliced them to my wires, thats not electrical tape at the end its shrink tubing, when money allows, i'll get a nice set of bosch wires and purchase the edis ends from that boost place that sales them.
how did you splice wire to wire... i have been eyeing this thread as well... i would like to see it in person at some point... looks good though.... http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
how did you splice wire to wire... i have been eyeing this thread as well... i would like to see it in person at some point... looks good though.... http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
i also would like to know http://****************.com/smile/emthup.gif
Cut the ford ends off, keep all six of them... cut the wires of your choice as far as possible towards the end. Take the ford end apart put it on the vw wires in reverse order... It was super easy... I should have did a small video of this....
Wires I used for his install was
Bosch wires from Performace Cafe, can be found at the local but cheaper here....
would they be long enough? i would like to make my own wire with new ends... but i cant seem to find ford ends other than that one website... i was hoping i could get them from msd...
Modified by Boost112 at 10:09 AM 10-9-2009
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