[s-cars] Aftermarket Coil Pack advice.....

[Michael Wakefield]

I was an early adopter of 1.8 coils, with a did-it-my-self setup, using various junkyard parts. It worked great for quite a while, but eventually i had running issues that didn't seem to be just one coil going bad - they just sort of all deteriorated at the same time. Just for fun, I reinstalled the old stock system, and it started running great again. That was about a year ago, and I run copper electrode plugs with a fairly small gap, and have great success. Granted, my 1.8 coils were not all the latest revision, so replacing them with the latest would have probably worked out OK too. In the future, I think I may go for the LS2 coils or the 034 high output coils with built in TTL driver. Those seem to be permanent solutions, and would allow me to use a decent plug gap to get a big spark under all boost conditions.
Mike Wakefield
Highlands Ranch CO
93 Urs4
GT30 - lots of boost

On {April4}, at 1:05 PM, Jim Fleischer <jim at almgt.com> wrote:

> Okay gentz,
> 
> I know I'm opening up a huge can of worms, but seeing as people's experience tends to get better with time, I thought I'd ask the collective how their aftermarket coil systems have been treating them lately.  I know there have been some issues with 1.8/2.0 coils in the past.  Not sure how the LS2 coils are holding up.  I've been on the fence, leaning towards OEM, but been repeatedly instructed to consider the other options.  Original plan was to buy a single OEM to get me back on the road, then gradually replace the rest as summer paychecks roll in.  Considering how much time that may entail laborwise in the long run, thinking that's not a great plan.
> 
> A little confused as to the options offered by EFIExpress as well.  They offer an option with Magnecor plug wires for an additional $145.  Not sure what all is required with that setup.
> 
> I'm currently running a stage 1 Steve Eiche chip......no immediate plans to upgrade anything else at the moment.
> 
> Thanks all......much appreciated!
> 
> Jim Fleischer
> '95 urS6 avant
> 
> 
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