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Old Oct 5, 2012 | 11:44 PM
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recently had my civic tuned for VP112 and at the high boost levels the car was breaking up pretty bad. the tuner had to gap the plugs down a bit and said i should look into a new ignition system. what's out there now that would be good for my current setup. right now i'm at 556whp on 32lbs of boost.
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 02:32 AM
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T1 pro10 kit used it before! Now im on T1 pro drag4 ignition.
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Zer0_SpeedWorks
T1 pro10 kit used it before! Now im on T1 pro drag4 ignition.
Waste of money as you can build it yourself and save a couple hundred dollars. If you have proper wiring laying around you can build it for around $550 retail. If not, then maybe $600 at the most if you buy quality wiring.

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recently had my civic tuned for VP112 and at the high boost levels the car was breaking up pretty bad. the tuner had to gap the plugs down a bit and said i should look into a new ignition system. what's out there now that would be good for my current setup. right now i'm at 556whp on 32lbs of boost.
That is not very much HP, but pretty high pressure... either way the typical aftermarket CDI box of your choosing will work just fine. Couple it with the supporting coil and required cap & rotor, you will be good to go. While you are at it, it would be all for naught if you didn't install a ignitor bypass. The M&W Pro 10 will skip that last step though. What exactly are your plugs gapped down to and what did you start with? You do realize that on ANY boosted setup you are going to have to gap the plugs down some?

In my personal opinion the stock distributor is solid for around 400-500whp depending on how much heat soak and boost is being ran. Basically since you didn't give a budget it is hard to give you a good direction to go.
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 04:29 AM
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Coil on plug.

If you are using Hondata already even better. You just need the $400 coil pack retrofit, RSX-S coils, and coil plate. Its a little of an investment but it will make all ignition problems go away.
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 07:25 AM
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That is not very much HP, but pretty high pressure... either way the typical aftermarket CDI box of your choosing will work just fine. Couple it with the supporting coil and required cap & rotor, you will be good to go. While you are at it, it would be all for naught if you didn't install a ignitor bypass. The M&W Pro 10 will skip that last step though. What exactly are your plugs gapped down to and what did you start with? You do realize that on ANY boosted setup you are going to have to gap the plugs down some?

In my personal opinion the stock distributor is solid for around 400-500whp depending on how much heat soak and boost is being ran. Basically since you didn't give a budget it is hard to give you a good direction to go.
i don't even remember what he said exactly because the tuner called while i was working but i think it was like .28 or .25? think they started around .35. reason the hp is low, but high pressure is i need to either get a new turbo setup or get a new manifold and exhaust housing. right now i'm working with an inline pro log manifold and .63 AR on my exhaust side and essentially stopped the tuning at that hp.
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Old Oct 6, 2012 | 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by N3va3vaSatisfi3d
Basically since you didn't give a budget it is hard to give you a good direction to go.
it's still all up in the air as far as a budget. i never drive the car so i'm debating just selling it the way it is now, get a new turbo setup or get the new ignition system and keep the car. money isn't going to be that big of an issue because i'll be saving for it over the winter.
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 06:27 AM
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Default Re: recommended ignition setup for high boost application

a simple digital 6 and hvc2 coil with a digital ignitor would work wonders for your needs at the moment ...
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 07:35 AM
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I run stock ignition with my plugs at gaped down to .18 28psi 587whp. If I had to upgrade ignition I would go hondata cop
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 07:45 AM
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Haha, you ARE at the point of needing a new ignition with that gap...
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Old Oct 7, 2012 | 09:26 AM
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Default Re: recommended ignition setup for high boost application

I had other issues. I had nine bad boost leaks. I think I could have gone over 700whp without any ignition issues. It's brand new honda oem ignition. We gapped it low from the beginning not because of ignition issues
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