[s-cars] Is cyclinder 4 just plain bad!

[chris chambers]

Jerry,

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> From: Jerry Scott <jerryscott at wispertel.net>
> To: chris chambers <fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: s-car list <s-car-list at audifans.com>
> Sent: Thu, April 22, 2010 11:07:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Is cyclinder 4 just plain bad!
> 
> Chris
How did you handle mounting the coils to the firewall. Got any 
> pictures?

Jerry


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> chambers" <> href="mailto:fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com">fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com>
To: 
> "Tony Curran" <> href="mailto:tony.curran at sympatico.ca">tony.curran at sympatico.ca>; "Robert 
> Myers" 
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> Thursday, April 22, 2010 8:48 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Is cyclinder 4 just 
> plain bad!


Ran a 1.8t coil conversion for ~ 12 months, went through 4 
> coils.
Built my own harness and switched over to LS2 coils, it's been over a 
> year
now and I have not had any failures.

BUT

Before anyone 
> goes this route check with Mr. Swanson of TTV8 coupe fame as 
there 
> are
some ECU/chipsets that evidently do not like the LS2 coils, I think he is 
> 
working on a fix.


Chris
quite happy with my LS2 
> system



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> From: Tony Curran 
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> 
> To: Robert Myers <> href="mailto:bob at chips-ur-s.com">bob at chips-ur-s.com>
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> Sent: Wed, April 21, 2010 8:32:00 PM
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Is cyclinder 
> 4 just plain bad!
>
> Yup, have the Apikol kit for a year and a 
> half. Replaced 4 with 5, cause
> 5
had the new spare.

I think I 
> need an excuse to get a RS2
> EM!

Tony
96 
> S6

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> 21,
> 2010 12:09 PM
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> Re: [s-cars] Is cyclinder 4 just plain bad!

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Tony,

The #4 position
> seems to be the vulnerable 
> position. Since you
mentioned a 1.8T coil
> you must have done one of 
> the coil mods ala
Dave Forgie or 034 or Apikol
> or... If that's the 
> case you could
interchange the #4 coil with, say,
> the #1 coil and see 
> if the miss
moves with the coil. I suspect it
> probably will. If so 
> just replace
the faulty coil and be done with
> it. I'd also suggest 
> purchasing a
few spares to carry in the trunk for
> just this type of 
> fun.

Bob


At 09:34 PM 4/19/2010, Tony Curran
> 
> wrote:
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>Twice now cylinder 4 has let me done. First, 
> the
> original coil and now a
>1.8T coil. I know the exhaust out of 
> 4 is
> restricted by the stock EM.
>
>
>
>Is it 
> time now for
> the RS2 or 043
> 
> EM?
>
>
>
>Cheers,
>
>
>
>Tony
>
>96
> 
> S6
>
>
>
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