[s-cars] APIKOL - performance report

[chris chambers]

And so began Tony's slide into insantiy as he started chasing an intermittent miss....... ;-)



--- On Wed, 5/13/09, Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: Tony Curran <tony.curran at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] APIKOL - performance report
> To: tom at tomwintermedia.com, s-car-list at audifans.com
> Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 7:57 PM
> Tom,
> 
> May be it's a "system" issue. Are you using the same spark
> plugs (Boscsh
> F5PDOR)? Do you have the Apikol cover on that acts as a
> heatsink. Do you
> have stock air intake snorkel in place still?
> 
> I know I'm about to jinx my car, but I'm using NGK BKR7EIX
> plugs. I have the
> Apikol cover on. And I don't have the original air intake
> snorkel - this
> increases air flow across the head - I've also measured the
> temperature
> behind the turbo and this runs about two degrees lower.
> 
> I have not suffered any failures in 8 months (about 5000
> spririted driving
> miles).
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Tony
> 96 S6 with the new steering rack!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]
> On Behalf Of tom at tomwintermedia.com
> Sent: May 13, 2009 5:55 PM
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: [s-cars] APIKOL - performance report
> 
> 
> 
> Last fall I swapped out my stock coil setup due to a
> failing coil and opted
> to try the plug and play set up from Apikol. Results from
> other listers had
> been mixed (yeah, I was warned), but the fact that they are
> somewhat local
> to me (in Denver) and that I needed my car immediately
> versus waiting for a
> replacement OEM coil made me take the leap. When I did
> this, I promised I'd
> give the list some feedback.
> 
> Well, I just had a coil fail. I don't know exactly how long
> it lasted.
> Probably about 6 months or so. I didn't write down the
> miles upon
> replacement, so I can't report on how many I logged with
> the kit until the
> first failure. But it is worth noting that I was in Europe
> for 6 weeks this
> winter while my car sat at home undriven.
> 
> The car has an MTM stage 1 chip, RS2 exhaust manifold and a
> few other
> tweaks. I use it a bit around town, but mostly for highway
> cruising. I do
> hammer on it from time to time but I don't track it.
> 
> I'm not unhappy with the Apikol kit, it works well when the
> coils are happy.
> And swapping a coil is easy. But I wish the coils lasted
> longer. I know
> there has been some discussion regarding coils on the list
> lately, and since
> I just replaced my first coil with the new setup, I thought
> I'd give a
> report. As far as I know, my original setup was, well,
> original, and held on
> to the tune of 150k or so. I kept everything and am
> considering swapping
> back to stock, but will probably wait and see for now.
> Unless, of course,
> someone wants to sell me some used OEM coils for cheap!
> 
> Tom '95 S6 Avant
> 
> 
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