Highway Stars
New Parts Vendor
- Joined
- May 1, 2010
Highway Stars is currently running a special on our best selling coil pack.
Although there are many other coil packs marketed as "OEM", "factory original", or "high output", these terms have been widely abused.
Our coil pack is a genuine OEM (original equipment manufacturer) factory original coil pack because it is made by the same manufacturer of the coil packs that were factory installed by GM on every 1986-1987 Buick Turbo Regal.
Any DIS (distributorless ignition system) coil pack can be considered "high-output" relative to the old-style wet (oil filled) ignition coils of pre-DIS equipped vehicles.
At idle; with plenty of saturation (dwell) time, it is easy for just about any coil pack to be rated to potentially discharge 30,000+ volts (this 30,000+ volts is considered "high-output").
Since the maximum potential discharge output of the coil pack is largely dependent on the saturation time and voltage of the primary coil, the maximum potential discharge rating varies with engine RPM.
More importantly, a coil cannot discharge any more voltage than what is required to ionize the spark plug gap no matter how high its discharge is potentially rated; unless the discharge occurs during a misfire. Even the most demanding applications (30+ lbs of boost) do not normally require more than 25,000 volts to ionize a 0.030 spark plug gap.
The true test that determines a genuine "high-output" coil pack is its ability to deliver high output at high RPMs (minimum saturation time).
Our genuine high output coil pack has been rated well beyond idle RPMs. It will potentially discharge a minimum of 40,000 volts@idle RPM, 34,000 volts@5000 RPM, and 29,000 volts@16,000 RPM. This minimum potential discharge output should be more than capable enough to satisfy most high RPM/high boost applications as long as there are no issues with any of the other DIS components.
Here is a direct link to our coil pack: Coil Pack - High Output
Although there are many other coil packs marketed as "OEM", "factory original", or "high output", these terms have been widely abused.
Our coil pack is a genuine OEM (original equipment manufacturer) factory original coil pack because it is made by the same manufacturer of the coil packs that were factory installed by GM on every 1986-1987 Buick Turbo Regal.
Any DIS (distributorless ignition system) coil pack can be considered "high-output" relative to the old-style wet (oil filled) ignition coils of pre-DIS equipped vehicles.
At idle; with plenty of saturation (dwell) time, it is easy for just about any coil pack to be rated to potentially discharge 30,000+ volts (this 30,000+ volts is considered "high-output").
Since the maximum potential discharge output of the coil pack is largely dependent on the saturation time and voltage of the primary coil, the maximum potential discharge rating varies with engine RPM.
More importantly, a coil cannot discharge any more voltage than what is required to ionize the spark plug gap no matter how high its discharge is potentially rated; unless the discharge occurs during a misfire. Even the most demanding applications (30+ lbs of boost) do not normally require more than 25,000 volts to ionize a 0.030 spark plug gap.
The true test that determines a genuine "high-output" coil pack is its ability to deliver high output at high RPMs (minimum saturation time).
Our genuine high output coil pack has been rated well beyond idle RPMs. It will potentially discharge a minimum of 40,000 volts@idle RPM, 34,000 volts@5000 RPM, and 29,000 volts@16,000 RPM. This minimum potential discharge output should be more than capable enough to satisfy most high RPM/high boost applications as long as there are no issues with any of the other DIS components.
Here is a direct link to our coil pack: Coil Pack - High Output
