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Camaro Research Group Discussion => Originality => Topic started by: 9T4Z on December 08, 2007, 06:27:57 PM
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OK so I'm bored... SS 350 with cowl induction
#1 Was on the car when I got it... black paint under silver. Coil hit the back of the air cleaner.
#2 I purchased from a "specialty shop"... promised as a "correct" cowl coil bracket. Note the oval slot on the right. Had to hack it out to make it wide enough to fit.
Still rubbed the air cleaner
#3 This one I got for free with a #293 coil I bought just as "backup". It has a slotted but curved mounting hole on the right side. More importantly, and hard to see is a
~1 1/2" notch cut out on the right side of the bracket. It also tilts so much that it can not sit straight on a flat surface. Has the greatest degree of tilt. There was NO
Plating left on it so I just shot some silver paint on it. The part number I got from Jerry's book but can not confirm it from another picture
#4 One of these recently sold in a box on ebay with the part number I noted. It was described as a "correct cowl coil bracket" but I do not believe this to be true.
Seems to be very similar in angle to #1 and #2 although it is a bit shorter in height than #1 I think this part number would be for V8's without Cowl induction.
OK so any comments would be fun to see...
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The person you need to contact is Jack Seidner. M21RSZ28@verizon.net He helped me quite a bit on the correct coil brackets to use. I believe the numbers on the coil designate the bracket that should be used for the application. Give Jack a hollar. He is a nice guy. Lives in California. Sam
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I believe the numbers on the coil designate the bracket that should be used for the application.
The number embossed on the coil is just for the coil itself; none will match the number in the Camaro assembly manual, as the coil was furnished to the plant as an "assembly", including the mounting bracket pre-installed on the coil, and that "assembly" had a separate part number. The mounting brackets were available in Service, but carried a totally different part number than either the coil or the "assembly" (coil and bracket).
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John... do you have any idea if the "notched" version with the steep tilt (#3) would be the correct one for any/all cowl cars?
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Doesn't a 298 coil have a different bracket then say a 293 coil. Doesn't the 298 coil and the bracket used for that number have a different offset degree than say the 270 or 293 coil and bracket? Sam
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John... do you have any idea if the "notched" version with the steep tilt (#3) would be the correct one for any/all cowl cars?
I expect that's the correct bracket for use with coils installed on ZL2 cars; the original coil on my '69Z with ZL2 clears the rear lower edge of the air cleaner base by about 3/8" - 1/2".
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Interesting.. I've always wondered if I had the correct bracket for my '68 SS/RS 350. I can only adjust my timing so far and then the distributer cap hits the coil. I guess I have the wrong coil bracket.