[s-cars] 034 coil harness - The Boost is Back!

[Tom Green]

I think the Apikol cover really dresses up the conversion.  It has
a factory look to me as it completes the installation by covering
the bare coils.

Tom

-----Original Message
> Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:12:06 -0500
> From: David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] 034 coil harness - The Boost is Back!
> To: Odyrestorations at aol.com
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
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> Great news!  I have the Apikol set up and it doesn't look bad at all.
> Brendan made the system look as oem as possible with pain staking
> details like getting the connectors custom molded in the oem colors.
> The wires and the netting around the wires look bone stock -  a look I
> was going for on my car.
>
> I must got the coils from Brendan too so they must have been modded
> already.  My coils fit nicely on the plugs and in the valve cover.
>
> Blast away!
>
> Dave Kase
>
>
> Odyrestorations at aol.com wrote:
>> Thanks to Bob, Dave K, Tom, Manny, Dave F, John and Mike -
>>
>> It was only after I realized the rubber boot MUST BE REMOVED in  
>> order to  see
>> the plastic rib that must be removed, in order for the connector  
>> to engage
>> the plug properly.  034 instructions omit this detail. They only   
>> say  - feel
>> free to trim some of the rubber boot for a better  fit
>>
>> After fitting all coils snugly and securely (I did not change out  
>> my old
>> spark plugs), the car ran perfectly.  It's been a long time since  
>> I've had  full,
>> clear boost and have been driving an anemic 2000 A6 2.8 auto, so I  
>> am a
>> happy guy again!.Time for some 100 Octane - just one tank.
>>
>> There are some downsides. I am disappointed in the cosmetic issue  
>> - the new
>> setup is ugly. I'll try an Apikol  cover, or maybe upgrade to the  
>> new RED
>> parts, but I like the clean look of the authentic parts. If I had  
>> it to do over
>> again, I would look for better pricing on OEM parts and possibly  
>> spring for
>> those. My original parts lasted almost 14 years, hard to complain  
>> too much
>> about  that.
>>
>> I also find it odd that the entire system will cut out completely  
>> if one
>> coil misfires. I confirmed this numerous times before I got the  
>> coils to fit
>> properly.  It worries me a bit that one failed coil might kill the  
>> whole  system,
>> leaving me stranded.  If any moisture gets down onto the plugs   
>> (easy to do
>> now that the cover is gone and the boots really don't fit well)   
>> might I have a
>> dead ignition?  I used to get a miss for a few miles after  the  
>> dealer
>> cleaned my engine ( a service they provided after any major  
>> service).  In a related
>> scenario, will the engine fail to start with the new system?
>>
>> Thanks again - I've been on the list for 7 years, great to get so  
>> much help
>> so fast.  Maybe I'll quit stealing glances at the new S5 and  
>> 'restore' the
>> UrS6.
>>
>> Tom

>>