1978 Porsche 928 body
1989 5.0L 32V V8 engine
78 2.75 drive ratio rear mounted transmission
V-1 Vortech Supercharger
Engine Build:
Swaintech www.swaintech.com coated pistons, ARP Rod bolts,
ARP head studs switched from OEM head bolts
Cometic Headgasket
Forged early 928 rods
944S2 valve springs
928 S3 (928 from 85-86) Cams (Shortened and bearing surface moved by Elgin Cams)
Planned: Side plates on dual resonance intake for more volume
VEMS:
IGNITION: Porsche Cayenne Coils fit PERFECTLY into the 928 32V heads, almost as if they were meant to there.
PNA- 721 043 00 430 “Car Tool 9” 26.01 and this is a pack with two male plugs for the coils. They are without wires, and you would need 4
948 602 104 03 “Pencil Coil” 12.21(!) dollars
PNA 721 043 00 504 “Harness Re” 67.44. Its enough terminated wires for two plugs, so you need 4. They are crimped onto the metal female receivers that slide into the plug itself, and have rubber gromits and about 12 inches of wire.
Partial Description of Wiring diagrams for Coils:
I took some time to analyze the drawing. The coil plug has 4 wires and they are labeled A1, A2, A3, A4. On the drawing, the wires come out of the plug, left to right, A1, A4, A3, A2. A1 is ground. A4 is the pulse input. A3 is +12 volts. the function of A2 is sort of a mystery. It's a small wire only 1mm in diameter. The color as near as I can tell is brown/black. It goes to something called MM1 as near as I can read the drawing. Four coils go to MM1 and 4 coils go to MM2. Since this wire appears to be connected through a diode internally in the coil to the low side of the secondary winding, it may be a sense line to feed back some spark signal characteristic to a "black box" ignition control unit. I know some ignition units sense the ionization characteristics of the spark to determine if detonation is occuring. The drawing if the coil internals is quite basic with not enough detail to know what's really going on in there.
- It is possible the coil would work with only 3 of the 4 wires used? That is ground, + 12 volts and a trigger pulse. The dwell either being controlled by the trigger pulse length or through feedback from the A2 line. If the latter, then the A2 line is probably necessary and should only be used with the Cayenne control unit. Some experimentation may be necessary.
- it is very common nowadays with non-logic-level (but power input CDI capable) ignition transformers that the secondary has a return signal. This return signal is suitable for IonSense current measurement (when connected to a 100V supply). You can simply connect the return signal to ground (secondary current is small, 0.5mm2 wire is more than enough).
- NEW INFO on MM1 in drawing:
It is probably secondary winding return to ground signal. You can connect to ground. IonSense applications probably return to an articicial (80..300V) potential through a resistor so ion current can be maintained and measured.
I am trying to get the PDFs of the wiring diagrams up on photobucket so I can post here. Also, measure resistance between all pin-pairs, in both direction.
The v3harness is for 4cyl (4 injectors) by default (though more ignition and misc channels, suitable for upto 8 cyl). Regardless of the VEMS assembled controller options, you have to write an order note to request 6 or 8-injector version loom. The 6 cyl is suitable for 5 as well. The 8-injector is split to 2x4.
How is the injector split 2x4 if they are sequential?
Since the different V8 (and W8) engines have different firing order, it is not feasible to insert the EC pins during manufacturing. The recommended method is to use the
h[0]=01 02 04 08 10 20 40 80
and assign the cylinders to H,G,F,E,D,C,B,A as in the firing order. You can of course rotate the h[0] injector sequence later, but at least it is trivial to spot mistakes. (while if one does it the not-recommended way, cyl1..8 to injout A..H than the h[0] will be messy, harder to spot mistakes later).
I have also found some three pin plug pigtailed Knock sensors, the same ones used for the OEM config on the car. I need to find the recieving end of the plug for the loom end.
Do you have the pinout for your knock-sensor ? Did you verify the knock-sensor and record with a notebook while clinging the side of the block with a wrench ?
- Not Yet, as there was some mixed info about which one, after I found the one that would fit, of that series is supposed to be on the car. They will all work, I suppose, and I will have to tune it as it comes.
Specs of unit that are published: Manufacturer: BOSCH
Newark Part Number: 68C2834
Manufacturer Part No: 0261 231 018
RoHS Compliance :
Description
* SENSOR, VIBRATIONSENSOR, VIBRATION
* Capacitance, max:1600pF
* Capacitance, min:800pF
* Diameter, external:28mm
* Diameter, internal:8.4mm
* Frequency response, lower limit:1kHz
* Frequency response, upper limit:20kHz