No subject

ce or freedom from =

failures with the 1=2E8t coil pack conversion=2E
The 1=2E8t coil pack conversion concept was subsequently commercialized =
by 034 and Apikol in =

April 2006=2E I don=92t recall what claims they may have made=2E  I do k=
now there were coilpack =

failures=2E (They don=92t like high heat=2C especially as a result of tr=
acking (sustained high RPMs)=2E =


One of the options in that time frame was 034s =93High Output=94 coil ne=
ar plug system based =

on coils that are proprietary to them (they say)=2E  The coils are very =
similar to some Mercury =

Marine coils=3A
http=3A//forums=2Eaudiworld=2Ecom/showthread=2Ephp=3Ft=3D2175822
Sometime in the summer of 2008=2C a few people (450exc115 and lloyd21) w=
ere developing an =

ignition conversion using Corvette style LS2 coil-near-plug coils=2C usi=
ng info from my 1=2E8t =

coilpack DIY and an RX-7 website=2E  I consolidated that info and posted=
 to AW and the S-car-
list in July 2008=3A
http=3A//forums=2Eaudiworld=2Ecom/showthread=2Ephp=3Ft=3D2175190
Since then=2C a number of people have done this conversion using the mor=
e robust D585 LS2-
style (Yukon and Silverado truck) coils that have heat sinks/dissipaters=
=2E  Chris C=2E =

(fastscirroco)=2C kinderutz=2C and lloyd21 (Charles L) are but a few=2E =
 The wiring is pretty straight =

forward=2E The brackets and mounting locations (typically on the stress =
bar=2C away from the =

turbo) are the differentiators of the DIY-ers=2E
Here is lloyd21=92s bracket for the similar D581 coil pack=3A
http=3A//forums=2Eaudiworld=2Ecom/showthread=2Ephp=3Ft=3D2176058
Here are some DIY pricing comments from Chris C=2E=3A
http=3A//forums=2Eaudiworld=2Ecom/showthread=2Ephp=3Fp=3D23747724
Here is a link to a current (May 8/08) D585 ebay =93auction=94=3A
http=3A//cgi=2Eebay=2Ecom/ebaymotors/NEW-IGNITION-COIL-2002-2006-CADILLA=
C-ESCALADE-D585=5FW0QQitemZ400043337334QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090414=3FI=
MSfp=3DTL090414172004r29790
In the meantime=2C Marc Swanson has developed a complete plug and play k=
it based on the
 D585 coils=2E  While the price is higher than the DIY version=2C it=92s=
 high quality and only takes
 about 30 to 45 min to complete=2C start to finish=2E  As bonus=2C if yo=
u want to=2C you can run the =

=9320V Turbo=94 OE coil pack cover (you need to remove the OE coils of c=
ourse)=2E =

Previously=2C I have steered people to Apikol=92s 1=2E8t coil pack plug =
and play kit=2E Everybody
 commented back to me that they were happy=2E  Some had the odd coil pac=
k problem=2E  Recent
 =93investigations=94 involve using the latest S4 V8 coil packs (but eve=
n they aren=92t bullet proof)=2E
Recently=2C I have steered several UrS owners to Marc=92s D585 kit and t=
hose that have
 purchased Marc=92s kit are all very happy=2E
Nobody has reported the success of using these D585 coils in a tracking =
situation (yet)=2E
Hope that wasn=92t too boring=2E
Dave F=2E