[s-cars] APIKOL - performance report

[fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com]

Gentz,

I previously had the 1.8t coil conversion on my S4, used Apikol's finely made harness. In 6 months I had 4 coils fail. Car had new Bosch plugs, MTM chip, everything else was stock.

I think the heat is killing the 1.8t coils, I'm in Michigan and
drive 2 hours away to Toledo 2-3 times each week. I think the long
use coupled with engine heat and the hot summer helped cook my coils.

Switched to the Delphi D585 coils on my S6 with the coils mounted behind
the engine away from the heat.

Car runs better than ever, we'll see how long the coils last as I'm
still driving to Toledo 2-3 times each week. 

Chris










--- On Thu, 5/14/09, Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com> wrote:

> From: Mike Sylvester <mike at urq20v.com>
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] APIKOL - performance report
> To: "George Verbryck" <georgeverbryck at yahoo.com>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Date: Thursday, May 14, 2009, 8:46 AM
> I'm sure it has been mentioned
> before...
> Bad plugs can cause premature coil failure.  
> Esp. on a over boosted engine.
> 
> 
> Mike
> 
> www.urq20v.com
> 
> > -------- Original Message --------
> > Subject: Re: [s-cars] APIKOL - performance report
> > From: George Verbryck <georgeverbryck at yahoo.com>
> > Date: Wed, May 13, 2009 9:25 pm
> > To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> > 
> > 
> > I also have the Apikol kit and I have had one coil
> fail in 10,000 miles . I am using the V8 coils with the red
> top as opposed to the 1.8 cols not sure if it makes a
> difference. Recently I stopped by my electronic surplus
> store and picked up some small but densely packed heat sinks
> which I RTV'd to the coil tops and noticed a difference
> right away . I will let you know when and if I get another
> coil failure. The heat sinks cost about a $1 each so it is
> an easy cheap mod. I need new spark plugs and expect this
> will again improve preformance/relaibility. Just my .02 ,
> Regards, George
> > 
> > 
> > 
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