Hi
Has anyone used Surefire coil packs, have seen on Ebay for a reasonable price.
Is there any gain/advantage from using them ? Are they better than originals?

Item no 121545449717
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1215454497...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

 

When a new OEM one costs around £100 or so and you can get 4 for the price of 1.5 I wouldn't dare to try them.
Besides the ECU is calibrated to use OEM ones.

 

Just cos an items £100 and oem is no guarantee that it is more reliable any more. therwise there wouldnt be so many posts on here and other forums about this issue. Just my 2p worth

 

The ones in the Ebay link just look like OEM ones that have had a bit of a clean up.

 

Hi there

Not sure if I would upgrade Coilpacks when stock/OE works well on Subaru,you will not gain a lot with them and we are used stock WRX coilpacks on wagon,not sure if I would upgrade them there,but is up to you there

Thanks,Jura

 

A friend of mine bought a set of Surefire coil packs for his MITSUBISHI EVO see here:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MITSUBISHI...item1c4bd8f1f9

He showed them to me and said he was more than pleased with them and he reckons his car runs much better now.

I took his advice and so I bought a set of Surefire Subaru ones for £149 a set from the same place here:-

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUBARU-IMP...item1c4cac60f5

I looked at original ones at £90 each (so £360 a set) and just thought these looked a real bargain.
I've fitted them and they work perfectly. No issues with ECU either as someone mentioned.
They arrived brand new and look exactly like originals except there is no number on the grey plastic.
I think the extra output is designed to stop you running out of spark at high revs and misfiring (so I guess you could say it makes your car go faster).

I would defo recommend them anyway and have already told various friends.

Hope that helps someone.

 

I've not used the surefire coil packs on an Impreza but have been impressed with them on Skylines in the past.
I've also been impressed with some of the cheaper versions of the Newage coil packs from ebay. I've ran £39 a piece coil packs on my drag car to over 650hp without issue, so I'm sure they're fine for the run of the mill stuff.

 

Anyone remember splitfire leads? They were good back in the day on NA cars

 

Ok thanks might give them a try, may be better than used genuine ones.
Need to replace 2 due clips for wiring broken.
Running around 500hp on Syvecs ECU may need a map check/remap?

 

Any updates on the coil packs ?
Been looking at these myself
Did you try them ?
And if so how'd you get on with them ?
Thanks Jon

 

I fitted some if these two and a half years ago to my Impreza (WRX wagon with PPP), and one failed recently, I was happy with them up till then, but didn't notiçe any performance difference. I'm not sure they're as sturdy as the OEM ones.

 

Nothing wrong with them imo, I'm running the red ones, and know a few other now with no probs, getting popular now

 

Using the red tops here ok, but not 2.5 years in yet.