Bad Night For The Talon

TwoTalons · 05-13-2009

So I'm in Oklahoma City for training and on my way back to the apartment last night, the Talon starts running on two cylinders. Then we get this hellatious wind storm which blows a bunch of shingles off the building and of course the car gets hit putting some nice scratches in the paint. Welcome to Oklahoma.

So I have no spark to the outer two holes. I was able to find a power transistor but that didn't fix it. I have all kinds of spare parts at home of course. ECU, coil pack, CAS, etc. Not sure what the fuck to do now.

Anyone with this problem ever fix it and what was the cause? I've been searching the boards and I can find many posts made by guys with the exact same problem but they never say what the fix was. If there was one.

Kevin 1G Drummer · 05-13-2009

Sounds like one bank of your coil pack probably died. cylinders 1 and 4 are fired off the same coil.

TwoTalons · 05-13-2009

Have to figure out the most economical way to get home this weekend and haul back some spare parts.

b00stcreep21 · 05-13-2009

Coil pack dude. 1 and 4 run off of the same coil

x-pride · 05-13-2009

Any cell lights? Could also be your power transistors.

**Goat Blower** · 05-14-2009

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Originally Posted by x-pride

Any cell lights? Could also be your power transistors.

Power transistor would kill all spark. It's the 1-4 coil.

See if there's a local board, someone will have a coil laying around.

**JET** · 05-14-2009

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Originally Posted by TwoTalons

Have to figure out the most economical way to get home this weekend and haul back some spare parts.

Just buy a new coil pack at napa, it will be way cheaper than coming back up here to get one or have someone ship it to you.

**goodhart** · 05-14-2009

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Originally Posted by TwoTalons

I have all kinds of spare parts at home of course. ECU, coil pack, CAS, etc.

swap coil packs, call it a day.

TwoTalons · 05-14-2009

Coil it is!

Checked the resistance of the secondary windings of the coils. 2,3 was 13k ohms and 1,4 was 6k ohms. Tolerance is 10-13k ohms. Of all the cars I've owned, and there have been many including 7 DSMs, I've never had a coil go bad.

My buddies Andrei and J.R., co-proprietors of Abel Racing in Midwest City, OK, hooked me up with a hacked up '90 coil pack that I was able to use until I get home and can put the proper one in.

sleepydsm · 05-15-2009

Ah, the joys of DSMs. Sorry about the scratches in your new paint!

**Goat Blower** · 05-16-2009

Andrei is the shit. Tell him hi for me and I've got some cheap-ass Vodka for him.

TwoTalons · 05-16-2009

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Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Andrei is the shit. Tell him hi for me and I've got some cheap-ass Vodka for him.

Will do.

Got hailed on tonight.

TwoTalons · 05-22-2009

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Originally Posted by Goat Blower

Andrei is the shit. Tell him hi for me and I've got some cheap-ass Vodka for him.

I was at the shop today watching them dyno a 700+ hp RB26. Damn!