Thought that was what they meant..
How do yuo open the gap? and how do you measure the gap once opened? its not a fiddly bending trial and error job isit?
They are talking about the gap of the spark plug. The plugs we run have a gap of 0.8mm where the TFSIs have a 1mm gap. The larger the gap the bigger the spark.
The TFSI coils are made stronger then the 1.8T coils to run with 1mm gapped plugs. The general idea is that the larger the gap, the larger the spark, the better the combustion, giving more power.
He has got a big turbo on his and a print out of 345bhp (dyno lottery i know) but from experiance that kit runs very hot so i reckon 7's will do the job as they reconmend possibly 7's on remapped
When you say 7s do you mean?
PFR7Q, PFR7W-TG
as seen in RS4s?
By cooler ones you mean the 6's or 8's? I use 8's as I have a big turbo conversion and best part of 400hp... you only need 6's (which are hotter in the plug heat scale)
Gap wise there is discussion of opening the gaps to 1mm using the TFSI packs but tbh the std gap is 0.85mm so I have them set to 0.9mm which I personally think is a happy medium... running larger gaps on 20v coil packs reduced their life expectancy as they have to work harder to make the gap... 0.9mm works on mine and I have had no misfires even when running over 2bar of boost where the normal 20v's (the 3yr old ones I had) would have a hissy..
<tuffty/>
ryans is uber hot k26 mtm tubby tho tuffty
egts will be high i think if anything like staceys
colder.... 7's..
Sportstractor are you joking on how much you paid? Awesome are doing a full set of red at the minute for £75ish delivered!
They won't give more power only the potential to run more boost really... and that is dependant on the turbo you use etc too... personally I think they are a better coil pack than the 20v one and therefore you are no worse off using them... if you are in the market for coil packs then there is no real reason not to consider them...
Personally I think there is better part throttle response and idle using TFSI coils over 20v coils... mpg wise its difficult to say tbh as the car doesn't get out much and its current configuration means that when it does it kinda gets abused lol...
<tuffty/>
Westy: bolt downs or push ins?
Ha I just got off the phone to them aswell, apparently there on a shipment waiting to be cleared by customs... Ghey. Anybody reckon it's worth having them when I go in for mapping on Friday, or wouldn't it make any difference fitting afterward?
AMK has level sensor
Hmm, I hope that's not the case cause iv ordered the one with the level sensor, I'm sure it'l work, just needs some wiring which I'm not afraid of, maybe tuffty can confirm
Sorry if this has been covered before but I'm reading on my mobile and keep going backwards and forwards through the post.
If fitting the tfsi coil packs to an amk do I need to replace the loom if mine is in good order.
Thanks.
is there still intrest in fitting these coils to the 1.8t, as tests show that there isnt anymore power to be had, but surely its worth it if they are smoother, more reliable and help your engine produce a better MPG?
Iv order some of the red TFSI coils which cost 24.50 + vat each from GSF and getting some of the adapters made up by a mate using cnc water jet equipment and hopefully getting them finished in polished alloy or powder coated. Would anybody else be potentially intrested in a set as im getting a few made for friends and could get a few more done, this isnt a group buy btw, just gauging intrest.