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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 06:28 PM
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Ok guys i did a search here is my story:

Car was running fine then i noticed that it being a slug uptop. It almost felt like the opposite of V-tec if you know what i mean. Finally about a week ago it started to missfire and i found the #5 ( coil closest to the passenger side rear) coil pack was fried. I replaced the coil pack and with in an 2 hours it blew the same coil pack again. I took it back to the shop that did all the work, they thought maybe they missed wired something when they installed the J&S safegaurd. They checked it out yesterday and said they couldn't find any loose or grounded wires. What do you think could be the problem?
I've heard that some of the older J&S boxes blew coils.... but that quick? I'm going to get the # off the box and see if maybe its an old one?? I need help because the car is for sale and i need to get rid of this annyoing problem, I can't let it go with it doing this. Here are my mods:




Greddy E-01
J&S safegaurd
Fuel Return system (custom)
Greddy Twin turbo kit
Greddy Front Mount Intercooler
Greddy Type S BOV
Helix test pipes
Espelir True dual exhaust


anything at this point will help. thanks guys.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 02:25 AM
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anyone?
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 03:43 AM
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Are you by chance running the Emanage Ultimate?
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 07:21 AM
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when you blow a coil pack, it doesn't give you any codes to let you know there's something wrong other than a standard multimisfire code?
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 10:42 AM
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Could be an older version of the J&S. I would talk to John at J&S and see what he thinks. Coils do not blow out without reason...so it must be something in the box, or how it was wired.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Sharif@Forged
Could be an older version of the J&S. I would talk to John at J&S and see what he thinks. Coils do not blow out without reason...so it must be something in the box, or how it was wired.
I'll give that a try, thanks man.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 07:06 PM
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let us know when you find out what the hell is causing it, good luck man.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:06 AM
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anyone have a better way to get a hold of these guys? I can't get a hold of anyone at all at the number they have posted. I don't have a model number or anything on this thing... I'm stuck.
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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 11:24 AM
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and here is what J&S is saying on the web site i should have:




here is what mine looks like:



http://www.jandssafeguard.com/safeguard.html


as i continue to read, the guy thats working on my car seems to think it may be Interface adapter module... any thoughts? I'm still trying to get a hold of these guys.

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Old Jul 17, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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update:

John wrote me back saying he is going to upgrade the out-put drivers for $50. Hopefully that is the problem
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