[s-cars] APIKOL - performance report

[Tom Winter]

Yeah, have the Apikol cover on. Not sure about the plugs. I should know, but
don't. But really, given the other failures reported here, I don't think
there's much to debate. Your car is now jinxed and you will have a coil
failure shortly! 5000 miles? Remember that my OEM coils lasted over 150k. I
hope you will enjoy that with the kit, but I hoped that for myself, too. No
such luck. I'll check my plugs, but am still looking for some used OEM
coils. . .

Maybe if I change the air intake snorkel? Hmmm. A lot of work for a "plug
and play" system. But I could be convinced, please provide details of your
setup, as attempting to increase air flow across the coils had crossed my
mind, and given the highway use this car sees, it could be a good answer.

Not to dis your experience or the effort Apikol has put in. I like the
aesthetics of the system, and how simple it is to use. I'm just reporting
upon my experience, that's all.

Tom '95 S6 Avant

On 5/13/09 5:57 PM, "Tony Curran" <tony.curran at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 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!
> 
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> 
> 
> 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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