<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by TX180SX:
While this is an option I would recommend you not do this. You will end up spending more money and time trying to find the distributor and such and from what I have heard the setup does not run as good as the oem setup. Anyways coil packs are the ****.=)</font>
While it is true that extra money has to be spent for the distributor, by any means it is not an inferior setup. Chris's 200SX SE-R with the GTi-R motor (featured on Sport Compact Car) is making almost 500 wheel horsepower. If you're talking about JWT KA24DE ECUs not managing the SR20 as well as the stock ECU, that information is years old so it might not be a valid agruement anymore. By going with the DIS/coilpacks, you will either:
1) run your motor on stock DET programming
2) buy an ECU from Japan
3) go with standalone
4) have JWT program the SR20DET ECU
You also have to either:
1) find a motor with complete harness (uncommon)
2) modify your stock wiring harness
3) buy a JDM harness
The project all of a sudden becomes more expensive. Just more stuff to think about. I, on the other hand, can go either way. I have both DIST/wires and CAS/coilpacks so I can either finish up with my PowerFC or get JWT ECU to make things simple.
Al