So I'm running an accel super coil and an early 80's Chevy HEI ignition control module in my truck. I was having problems with the truck dying at random and not running after maybe 1/8th throttle. Turns out the control modules are notorious for overheating and crapping out. The PO originally had a similar setup installed on the 20r that was in the truck when I bought it. Some ****ty shop called team yota here in my area did the install and used some random heatsink and mounted the module on the top of the fins....

Anyway, burned up a second one after only maybe 12 hours of use. So I decided to find a better heatsink to keep this one from getting hot. I ripped one out of an old computer psu that turned out to be an almost perfect fit with minimal modifying to make it work. I attached pics of the old/new setup.

Just installed last night and gonna drive her to work this morning, and have a bit of fun on the wet roads =]

 

that is a clean fit, what type/ age of the computer... or does the heatsink have P/N? ive been thinking about doing this ignition upgrade on my 1990 hilux.

 

You must be in washington if you know team yota.. they really aren't that bad of a shop, I know a lot of people who deal with them and none of them have any problems with them, and neither do I
You probably just got a bad setup.. they are usually really helpful and knowledgable. Not trying to stand up for them or anything, your just the first I've heard who doesn't like them.

 

The only issue was with the heat sink not having enough contact. I ran an hei module on my 78 with a Mallory SS coil. I simply mounted the module to a chunk of 1/8" scrap aluminum. In the package with the module there should be a little package of thermal paste the promotes heat transfer and it is an important step to keep it alive.


I'm actually about to do the swap again on my 89 using a Jacob's ultra coil and a Mallory performance module.

 

@myles
Its from a few year old dell, I just opened up the power supply and ripped it off the board. I can get the psu model if you'd like.

@first80
Yeah I'm livin down in Vantucky. As far as team yota, I personally have never dealt with them. I'm just going by the work I've seen on my truck, as this is a 3 owner truck and the PO said he had all his work done there. There was a bit of hokey crap going on under the hood. So when I see a heatsink like that, coupled with a distributor held on by one correct screw and one drywall screw in a stripped out hole, and a few other minor wtf why would you ever do that things, I can only assume that if that's the quality of work coming out of a shop then they suck. However, the PO could have tinkered with it and done some of that garbage himself. So I guess in conclusion I may be talking out of line and making bad assumptions, you may be correct that they are a reputable shop, I'm solely going by who I was told did the work.