[s-cars] Coil swappin...again

[jpb3]

Hmmm.... I heard basically the same thing from 034 when I called them about
their harness many many months ago.  I am sure there is a case to be made
against the 1.8 coils but I would also take it with a grain of salt when the
company advising against them also suggests a set up that is twice as much
$$.  Granted I am sure that the remote HO coils is a better system without
question for a highly tuned S car, but I think there are many users of
1.8coils here that have had no problems running on stock up to and
beyond Rs2
setups and it certainly seems a better solution than replacing the oem coils
one by one as they fail.

That remark about never driving under full boost in summer makes me smile
:)  I installed my Apikol harness and coils in June and drove pretty much
full boost all summer with my MRC stage 2 set up and 1.9B spring with boost
peaking at 24 psi and holding stable at 20 psi all day long with no
problems.  This was in the oppressive heat and humidity of the mid atlantic
region with that little K24 breathing fire at 18+ psi!

Good luck with your HO setup, I am sure it is nice and you'll never have to
worry again about coil failures!

My $.02

John B



On 2/27/07, Aaron Taylor <ataylor at essgoggles.com> wrote:
>
> Humm.
> Im hearing some decent luck on the 1.8T coils.  This said, the 034 boys
> have had very poor luck and claimed to have tried all the variations of
> the 1.8T coils.  They highly recommended against it on anything other
> than perhaps a bone stock car never driven in full boost mode in the
> summer.
> They sold me on the HO setup.  Also the HO setup and easily be made to
> work with the stock coil cover.  It looks like I will have to machine a
> spacer to raise the cover up slightly.
> Again - ill keep you guys posted.
> Aaron
>
>
>
> --AT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JAM [mailto:jscarstuff at charter.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 9:08 AM
> To: S-Car List
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coil swappin...again
>
> Another input about the 1.8t coils.  I bought my kit from 034 and mine
> came
> with the 115r coils.  I hope I'm not jinxing myself but I haven't had
> any
> issues with them so far.  I'm running IA stage 3 so I'm not running
> crazy
> boost though.
> Jason Mawhinney
> '95.5 s6 avant
> '93 s4
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jpb3" <jpburns3 at gmail.com>
> To: <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> Cc: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Coil swappin...again
>
>
> > Just some additional input.
> >
> > I had an OEM coil fail and went the 1.8T route, only I sourced my
> harness
> > and coils from Apikol.  They are the L variety and I have yet had one
> go
> > out
> > (knocking on wood).  Have been running the set up with MRC stage 2 and
> > 1.9Bspring.
> >
> > I have been running the 1.8 coils for about 15K miles now.
> >
> > I think eventually I will go back to OEM or the high output coils from
> 034
> > when I go further down the slope!
> >
> >
> > FWIW
> >
> > John B
> >
> > On 2/27/07, DGraber460 at aol.com <DGraber460 at aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I had one fail about 4 weeks after the switch. Keeping a spare in
> >> the  trunk,
> >> but have not needed it for many months now.
> >> FWIW - I'm currently using the 115L units and running about 27lbs
> boost.
> >>
> >> Dennis
> >> Denver
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