[s-cars] 034 Motorsports coil conversion harness

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Thanks Dave - 
 
I did read your installation instructions before I bought the 034 kit and  
noticed your trimming recommendation. This makes a lot of sense to me as a Dwell 
 problem would theoretically manifest itself at a specific rpm and my problem 
is  related to cylinder pressure. 
 
I'm going to get out my Dremel and go at it. 
 
Tom
 
In a message dated 11/25/2007 1:44:28 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
forgied at shaw.ca writes:

Tom: As the developer of the original 1.8t conversion instructions in  Sept. 
2005 (034 and Apikol didn't start marketing their kits until April  2006), I 
can assure you that the "dwell" issue is a red herring for almost all  
applications.  I am fully RS2'd and have zero such issues.  Dave  Dawson here on this 
list, AFAIK, is making over 400 hp running these  coils.
 
I have no idea what you problem is but I am wondering whether 034  instructed 
you to trim both part of the hard plastic and the rubber sealing  gasket 
sufficiently to allow the 115R coil packs to snap down firmly onto the  spark 
plugs.  If the coil packs aren't snapped onto the plugs I can  imagine that you 
would get some kind of spark gap jump issue from the inside  end of the coil 
pack to the plug top at higher RPM and/or load.
 
Please check out the original instructions linked through the AudiWorld  UrS 
car FAQ:
 
_http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/195907.phtml_ 
(http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/195907.phtml) 
 
Some people, including Marc Swanson, have had 1.8t coil pack failures  
related to sustained high RPM during track events with a higher hp AAN.   I think at 
that point, dwell could be an issue.  However, for normal  driving and only 
periodic WOT, I do not believe that dwell is an issue.
 
Dave F.



 



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