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[Rit bellis]

my 93 urs didn't give up the ghost on stock coils till the first one went at about 166k.  It was immediatly noticebale as a profound lack of power, but surprisingly, the car was able to run quite well on just 4 cyl.  (enough to get home--not reccomended for longer periods because of fuel wash issues in the cyl.) I went to 034 kit in order to avoid the inevitable.  for rodders, 034 has a high output coil kit that supposedly works great, but hanging the coils in the engine bay was an issue.  (I think they have a mounting bracket now.)  > Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:32:39 -0800> From: lebakken at gmail.com> To: tedebearp at yahoo.com> CC: s-car-list at audifans.com> Subject: Re: [s-cars] rit_bellis at hotmail.com> > 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> > _______________________________________________> > S-CAR-List> > mailing> > list> > S-CAR-List at audifans.com> > http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________> S-CAR-List mailing list> S-CAR-List at audifans.com> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/s-car-list