
G4 Wiring and Installation Manual
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Ignition Drive 1 fires cylinders 1 and 4
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Ignition Drive 2 fires cylinders 2 and 3
Example - Wasted spark set-up for a 6 cylinder engine with 1-5-3-6-2-4 firing order.
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Ignition Drive 1 fires cylinders 1 and 6
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Ignition Drive 2 fires cylinders 5 and 2
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Ignition Drive 3 fires cylinders 3 and 4
8.2.6
Multi-Coil Direct Spark Ignition
Direct spark uses an ignition coil per cylinder, firing each cylinder once per engine cycle (2
crankshaft revolutions). If multi-coil operation is required for an odd number of cylinders, the
only option is to use an ignition coil per cylinder.
Xtreme ECU's have eight ignition drives allowing up to eight individual coils to be controlled.
Therefore, this ECU may only be used on engines with eight cylinders or less with direct
spark ignition.
Storm ECU's have four ignition drives allowing up to four individual coils to be controlled.
Therefore, this ECU may only be used on engines with four cylinders or less with direct
spark ignition.
Engines using direct spark ignition must have a way for the ECU to calculate the current
order in the firing sequence. Because an engine may be at one of two possible positions in
the firing sequence given a crankshaft position, a trigger wheel rotating at crankshaft speed
is not sufficient for direct spark ignition. Therefore a second sensor mounted on the
camshaft (or driven at camshaft speed) is required to send a sync pulse. If an engine does
not have an appropriate sensor then either one will need to be fabricated or another ignition
mode must be used.
Some factory set-ups using direct spark have a coil and igniter in one package, mounted on
top of the spark plug. These are normally three terminal devices requiring 12 volts, ground,
and the signal from an Ignition Drive.
When using a non-factory arrangement the coils should be positioned so they minimise the
length of the HT Leads. This will help reduce the noise generated when the spark plugs are
fired.
Each ignition drive MUST be connected via an igniter channel to a coil (remember some
coils have the igniter built in).
Example - 4 cylinder engine with direct spark
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Four ignition drives must be used
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A four channel igniter (or 2 dual channel igniters) must be used
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Four Single Post Coils must be used
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Drive the igniter for cylinder one from Ign 1, cylinder 2 from Ign 2, cylinder 3 from Ign
3 and cylinder 4 from Ign 4.
When wiring an ignition system using direct spark, the firing order of the engine is not
important as it will be entered into the ECU via PCLink Tuning Software.
Ignition Drive 1 must be wired to cylinder 1 coil, Ignition Drive 2 to cylinder 2, 3 to 3, etc.
8.3
Auxiliary Output Wiring
G4 ECUs have up to 10 auxiliary outputs. Unused ignition and injection channels can also
be used as auxiliary outputs. Auxiliary outputs are general-purpose outputs that may be