Your thoughts would be appreciated - pending coil swap (OEM vs High Output)
08-01-2006, 07:18 AM
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depends on your expected mod path, IMO
I'd say for anything up to RS2 levels of power, the stock coils are fine (and relatively robust to last 100k+ miles in the heat death chamber known as the coil pack cover)
Javad's high output coil packs would be a good choice for a car that sees a lot of track time or over 350whp IMO. Those coils are capable of revving to over 40k rpm on the test bench
Javad's high output coil packs would be a good choice for a car that sees a lot of track time or over 350whp IMO. Those coils are capable of revving to over 40k rpm on the test bench
08-02-2006, 01:14 PM
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Keep setting up the strawmen, and knocking them down...
You're always right Emre. We all know that. Especially considering that all your hands-on experience has helped you along the way.
So let's analyze the conversation that you so bastardized.
I asked why an individual should replace all their OEM coils at 500+ dollars if only 1 was bad.
You argued "piece of mind".
At 150,000 miles, half the parts on your car can fail at any time, period. So, sure... spend 500.00 on coils, drive your car a block and have your slave cylinder blow out, or better yet, your clutch pedal break, or any of the other instant failure items that can leave one stranded far worse than a misfire. So much for piece of mind. The point is, with such an easy part to change, if you're not going to upgrade the part, ie remote high-output coils, why waste all the money changing parts that aren't bad? Save that money for other items. That IS the point.
Piece of mind, IMO would be changing a water pump at timing belt service because without doing it, you run the risk of repeating hours of labor - not with a coil.
So enter your strawman argument (imagine that) "So you'd only change one bad spark plug at a time?" Then continue with a banter, "when you're wrong you're wrong." Almost textbook.
Here, why don't you Wikipedia the Strawman Argument so you can become familiar with what you do everyday on here...<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man">No sweat, I did it for you.</a></li></ul>
So let's analyze the conversation that you so bastardized.
I asked why an individual should replace all their OEM coils at 500+ dollars if only 1 was bad.
You argued "piece of mind".
At 150,000 miles, half the parts on your car can fail at any time, period. So, sure... spend 500.00 on coils, drive your car a block and have your slave cylinder blow out, or better yet, your clutch pedal break, or any of the other instant failure items that can leave one stranded far worse than a misfire. So much for piece of mind. The point is, with such an easy part to change, if you're not going to upgrade the part, ie remote high-output coils, why waste all the money changing parts that aren't bad? Save that money for other items. That IS the point.
Piece of mind, IMO would be changing a water pump at timing belt service because without doing it, you run the risk of repeating hours of labor - not with a coil.
So enter your strawman argument (imagine that) "So you'd only change one bad spark plug at a time?" Then continue with a banter, "when you're wrong you're wrong." Almost textbook.
Here, why don't you Wikipedia the Strawman Argument so you can become familiar with what you do everyday on here...<ul><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man">No sweat, I did it for you.</a></li></ul>