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[Dan[FN]6262]

couple ignition coils would pull a premium at race wars







Slowly dying bolt downs had me lowering boost. Decided to go this route instead of ordering all new OEM bolt downs and ICM, which was the original plan. The cost was identical if buying OEM bolt downs at $75 a piece + a new ICM. At least replacing coils in the future will be cheaper and require no tools hahaha.

Didn't think about ordering a coil cover at the time, definitely going to do that soon.

[csosnowski]

Nice! Who makes that kit, pretty clever and tidy.

How do you like the 6758?

[Dan[FN]6262]

I ordered it from ECS, it's the 034 AEB 3 pin to 4 pin kit and TSI ignition coils, eliminates the ICM. It plugged right in, took 5 mins to install. Zero complaints about quality.

The 6758 is perfect in my opinion lol. The kit has been on the car for like 5 years now. Had to have the RAI tubular manifold welded back up once, a fucking awesome AZ member welded it back up for me and it's been holding up like a champ.

Everyone once in awhile I think about ordering a .84 turbine housing for it to see if helps any as far as top end, but I've seen plots of guys making 455awhp on pump+meth with the T25 .64 A/R housing @ 35psi. That's a buttload of power. So I think I'm just going to leave it as is. I have 5 psi by 2.5k rpms with full boost happening just before 4k rpms. That's with kinda big cams too. I have an adjustable cam timing gear I need to install. See if I can retard the cam timing a couple degrees and make it spool even quicker.

It's still work in progress and looks like shit on the outside lol. It was primered black for paint then sat under a tree for almost 2 years, hardly being moved. So it's all fucked up and needs redone, then painted.

[redline380]

What made you go with a kit instead of piecing it together yourself?

Also, I'd like some EFR vids

[jsbs1991]

Yeah I have the same coil conversion. love it, my icm was causing cylinder misfire. So I did the same thing, because its cheaper in the long run.

[Dan[FN]6262]

What made you go with a kit instead of piecing it together yourself?

Also, I'd like some EFR vids

100% because of convenience. Yesterday morning one of the coils couldn't handle the load pulling away at the red light. My friends and I are meeting up tonight and I wanted it running without any bullshit. So I ordered it yesterday and it showed up this morning lol.

Otherwise I would have done it myself. But the quality of this kit is great.

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I'll see if can get some good video tonight

[csosnowski]

I ordered it from ECS, it's the 034 AEB 3 pin to 4 pin kit and TSI ignition coils, eliminates the ICM. It plugged right in, took 5 mins to install. Zero complaints about quality.

The 6758 is perfect in my opinion lol. The kit has been on the car for like 5 years now. Had to have the RAI tubular manifold welded back up once, a fucking awesome AZ member welded it back up for me and it's been holding up like a champ.

Everyone once in awhile I think about ordering a .84 turbine housing for it to see if helps any as far as top end, but I've seen plots of guys making 455awhp on pump+meth with the T25 .64 A/R housing @ 35psi. That's a buttload of power. So I think I'm just going to leave it as is. I have 5 psi by 2.5k rpms with full boost happening just before 4k rpms. That's with kinda big cams too. I have an adjustable cam timing gear I need to install. See if I can retard the cam timing a couple degrees and make it spool even quicker.

It's still work in progress and looks like shit on the outside lol. It was primered black for paint then sat under a tree for almost 2 years, hardly being moved. So it's all fucked up and needs redone, then painted.

That's a sweet little kit, Ill recommend it to my customers.

So at and below 5psi/2500rpm would you say that the car feels faster or slower / easier or harder to drive around town?

Is your head built with upgraded springs and stuff for extended revs? Does the tubular manifold shift the power band further in the rev range?

I thought I read somewhere from IE that timing advance helps spool and/or torque? I cant remember, those might be separate things.

I'm stoked to see youre sticking with the platform, I built an engine that is yet to be put in my wifes car. I just cant find the time/desire after working on other peoples cars all day.

[redline380]

100% because of convenience. Yesterday morning one of the coils couldn't handle the load pulling away at the red light. My friends and I are meeting up tonight and I wanted it running without any bullshit. So I ordered it yesterday and it showed up this morning lol.

Otherwise I would have 100% done it myself. But the quality of this kit is great.

I ask because I want to upgrade my S4's coils at some point in time and not sure if I want to go through the hassle of cutting, soldering, etc. I guess it boils down to how much I can save.

[Dan[FN]6262]

That's a sweet little kit, Ill recommend it to my customers.

So at and below 5psi/2500rpm would you say that the car feels faster or slower / easier or harder to drive around town?

Is your head built with upgraded springs and stuff for extended revs? Does the tubular manifold shift the power band further in the rev range?

It has a LWFW and FX400 6 puck in it (picked up from Ringer Racing), which can be grabby, but it honestly isn't much different than stock driving around town and stuff. Never have a scary time pulling out into traffic or anything, I know I can stomp it WOT and it'll move out of it's own way almost faster than I can shift into second lol.

My head is currently completely stock aside from the EuroSpec 268/260 camshafts. I have the rev limiter set at 8K rpms and try to shift before 7.5k. I've hit the rev limiter many, many times and nothing bad has happened yet.... YET. I have a spare AEB sitting the garage that I'm going to build with solid lifters. Once the Mercedes project is finished I'm going to put together a 2.0L, slap the head and stroker together and swap it in in a weekend.

Yes a tubular manifold will shift the powerband to the left. But this one isn't too bad. There are a couple pros and cons. Pros, this manifold is built with runners that have almost an identical ID as the exhaust ports on the head. You don't want exhaust gas expansion until the turbo, so this is great and helps make it spool a little quicker. Cons are that is also a restriction at a certain point. Where that point is, I do not know. I personally seen a B6 GTX3071 run one of these manifolds and lay down 464awhp.

I thought I read somewhere from IE that timing advance helps spool and/or torque? I cant remember, those might be separate things.

Yes, advanced ignition timing helps the turbo to spool quicker. I want to adjust the physical valve timing in relation to the bottom end.

I'm stoked to see youre sticking with the platform, I built an engine that is yet to be put in my wifes car. I just cant find the time/desire after working on other peoples cars all day.

Thanks man, I could never leave haha. I freaking know those feels man, main reason this thing sat for so long.

I ask because I want to upgrade my S4's coils at some point in time and not sure if I want to go through the hassle of cutting, soldering, etc. I guess it boils down to how much I can save.

I hear ya man, that's the enthusiast's struggle.

[audinewberton]

How long has that setup been soaking in marine water for?

[Dan[FN]6262]

pa winters and DD

[Tree.Audi]

noice

[Dan[FN]6262]

running 28psi on pump no meth without an issue. all around driveability has greatly improved. but who knows how long the old coils have been dying, so I don't think it's fair to straight up compare.

in my case it was an improvement.

probably wouldn't cause a measurable difference on a typical smaller turbo setup vs bolt downs

I'm running new FR5DTC plugs