[s-cars] 1.8 Coil Conversion Kit & P/S Pump ... best sources?

[Cody Forbes]

Well don't forget that your OE coil thats bad did likely serve well for 
something like 12 years. Really thats not too bad, and if you think of the 
cost over it's life cycle its not too expensive either ;-). As everybody is 
aware the older 1.8t coils are/were exceptionally un-reliable, and while the 
newer ones are definately better they still haven't had enough time to truly 
prove themselves for long-term use. You are likely to to pay twice as much 
money for the "correct" coil for the car, but theres a good chance that it 
will last twice as long unless they finally did get the 1.8t coils perfect 
this time arround.

I bet if you were to somehow vent the factory coil cover the stock coils 
would last even longer then the 12-16 years that most have lasted!

JMHO of course, others may vary.

-Cody Forbes
http://www.5000tq.com
'87 5ktq - Fast.
'87 5ktq QLCC'd plus some
'86 5ktqCD
'86 5k
'86 5k


Lewis Consulting wrote:
> Thks Chris,
>
> Geez, I am not sure I am that energetic and thanks for the vote in
> confidence, not sure you know my ability to screw things up!!  I am
> still pondering just replacing the coil (found some cheap prices that
> look pretty attractive) and take the lazy way out for now, and maybe
> look at tackling this on my own come summer.
>
> Maybe I should just wait for Dave F. to come home to visit his
> parents again! :)
>
> Thks Chris,
>
>
> Randy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris chambers [mailto:fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:58 PM
> To: Lewis Consulting; s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] 1.8 Coil Conversion Kit & P/S Pump ... best
> sources?
>
> You don't need a kit, build it yourself much cheaper!
> Dave F came up with the idea and tracked down all the parts needed to
> use the 1.8t coils. 034 and apikol copied his idea.
> All you need to know is at this link:
> http://forums.audiworld.com/s4s6/msgs/195907.phtml
>
>
>
> --- Lewis Consulting <lewisconsulting at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> The time has come to replace a coil, so I am thinking of the coil
>> conversion kit from Apikol ...
>> stock coils in my city are $336.00 each, yeah I know, ridiculous and
>> I can find them much cheaper elsewhere, but I am thinking of getting
>> rid of the old ones once and for all.  My question, is this the best
>> conversion kit I should be looking at or is there another
>> that is out there?   I can't seem
>> to find another kit, but I thought there was another.  I also need a
>> power steering pump, my local stealer wants over $800.00, have found
>> several Z/F at $400 and a Cardone at $250.00 .... anyone have any
>> experience with the Cardone?
>>
>> thks guys,
>>
>>
>> Randy  96//S6
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