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

[mtgadbois at aol.com]

Here is my experience.  I had an oem coil go bad early last year (95.5 S6 w/170K mi.).  I replaced all of the coils with the LS2 setup and so far no problems that I can attribute to the coil setup.  The only thing I have noticed and I do not know if this is caused by my current setup ( stage 3 RS2 + Mihnea software + copper plugs) is that in 5th gear and under 4K rpms and full throttle that I get a little bit of an occasional miss.  If I drop back to 4th gear, floor it, no miss.  I'm guessing that in 5th and lower rpms I'm coming up against the knock sensors and they are affecting my timing.  Oh well, it maybe the plugs.  I do not remember this happening before.   I do have a box in the garage with 4 good coils and 1 bad if anyone wants to make me an offer.
Mark near Chicago


Jim 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