[s-cars] rit_bellis at hotmail.com

[Craig Lebakken]

Hi Teddy-

When the coils failed, it felt just like a cylinder was taken away. Once it
had progressed to this point, however, it did occur to me that I had felt
some odd behavior in the day or two prior, specifically a rough idle.
Complete failure was obvious about the entire RPM range, and especially at a
loaded low rpm state, i.e., mid throttle, 2-2.5K rpm, 3rd gear.

WOT miss is an entirely different thing. Or things. Sometimes, I can hear a
ping, and the knock sensors are backing things off, in a stuttery, slow
sorta way. Othertimes, it seems to overboost, and cutoff is sudden and
complete. My wife and kids keep me pretty busy, so I have not been able to
look into this for, ummm, a couple of years now. So 7/9 throttle is where I
am at, and mit RS2, that is more than enough to get me in trouble....

Is that a "stock" 155K 92S4?

Craig

On Feb 12, 2008 11:29 AM, Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com> wrote:

> craig, what does the miss feel like?  is it a stutter or hesitation?  or
> does it show up as a leveling off in power?
>
> my car is a little inconsistent in power output at WOT, and it shows up as
> a leveling off in power.  however, last weekend, i felt several definite
> stutters at WOT.  i'm wondering if my coils are starting to go - my '92 has
> 155k miles and the coils are original as far as i know.
>
> -teddy
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Craig Lebakken <lebakken at gmail.com>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 10:26:18 AM
> Subject: [s-cars] rit_bellis at hotmail.com
>
>
> Rit
> wrote:
>
> I
> bought
> one
> of
> the
> last
> 034
> kits
> with
> coils
> included.
> No
> problems
> for
> the
> last
> 24k
> miles.
> I'd
> trust
> either
> kit.
> dif
> in
> price
> is
> because
> apikol
> still
> includes
> the
> coils,
> whereas
> with
> 034,
> you
> go
> get
> coils
> at
> the
> stealer,
> but
> use
> their
> harness.
> I'm
> not
> hot-rodded
> at
> all
> though,
> so
> no
> real
> challenge
> to
> the
> system.
> _______________________________________
>
> I
> bought
> the
> 034
> conversion
> almost
> two
> years
> ago
> -
> with
> the
> 115L
> coils.
> Two
> of
> those
> coils
> have
> gone
> out
> within
> the
> last
> two
> months.
> Swapped
> them
> all
> over
> to
> R's
> this
> weeknd
> (thanks
> Alvin).
>
> FWIW
> -
> as
> picky
> as
> I
> was
> about
> this
> install,
> one
> place
> where
> I
> blew
> it
> was
> where
> the
> harness
> comes
> up
> and
> over
> the
> cyl
> head.
> It
> wore
> through
> the
> anti
> wear
> through
> sleeving,
> and
> shorted.
> The
> car
> began
> to
> exhibit
> occasional
> bucking,
> then
> keep
> going,
> then
> a
> couple
> of
> days
> later
> a
> no
> start
> in
> a
> parking
> lot.
> Thought
> it
> was
> the
> fuel
> pump.
>
> Hood
> up,
> scratching
> my
> head
> I
> see
> the
> harness
> on
> the
> cyl
> head.
> Couldn't
> really
> see
> if
> it
> had
> worn
> through,
> so
> I
> folded
> up
> a
> couple
> of
> business
> cards
> and
> slipped
> them
> in
> between
> the
> harness
> and
> the
> head.
> Bingo
> and
> I
> am
> on
> my
> way.
>
> Called
> up
> 034
> and
> ordered
> the
> #2
> harness
> -
> and
> never
> heard
> from
> them
> again.
> Still
> running
> the
> hightemp
> tape
> fix.
>
> Also,
> the
> 115R
> coils
> did
> not
> fix
> my
> WOT
> miss.
>
> Craig
> L
> 94S4
> RS2
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