straughsberry Donating Members 1,846 Member For: 17y 4m 15d Gender: Male Location: Broady, Melbourne Posted 12/10/09 01:37 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 01:37 AM Hey All,For the last 12 months I've been researching and testing 3 brands of coil packs. I've used Ford genuine, Borgg and a no-name brand I stumbled on to. All 3 coil packs showed no difference in power. They all seemed to work as well as each other while they were working. The biggest difference is how long they last before showing signs of failure and how they actually fail.The Borgg units lasted less than a month, the Ford genuine 3 months and these no-namers are still working without breaking down after a 12 months. When worn, both the Ford and Borgg units would actually break down and misfire under load and power would go away badly. The no-names though have not shown any signs of breaking down. After 12 months they still fire consistently although spark energy seems to have lessened as the car just doesn't seem to be as crisp and the seat of the pants tells me power has gone away. They were crisp and flawless for about 8 months and I do a fair few kilometres with 370rwkw.So I reckon I've found a decent quality and well priced coil pack. They were $140 but I have enquired about a price for 20 sets and they'd be not much more than $100 for that quantity. Would people be interested?Has anyone else got a coil pack they'd like to share. I'm sick of stuffing around with them...Cheers,Steph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 12/10/09 03:52 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 03:52 AM What causes the genuine coils to fail so quick? It this a result of tuning the cars and hence more stress on the coils?I am going to replace mine and was going to go with a genuine set before tuning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypnodoc It's All In Your Mind Gold Donating Members 2,198 Member For: 21y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/09 05:30 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 05:30 AM Hey Straughsberry. Mine havn't failed as yet but I guess its only a matter of time. Count me in. Stupid question, are they $100 each or $100 for the set?Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb351 Donating Members 80 Member For: 17y 3m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 12/10/09 05:56 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 05:56 AM I am interested in knowing why they seem to drop off over time as well...You can count me in if you want to go ahead.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chich Damn You's A Sexy Chich Member 3,843 Member For: 16y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Your House Posted 12/10/09 07:13 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 07:13 AM If you go ahead I'm a definite yes for a set up for some new ones now, and was looking at getting the borgg's glad I didnt now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-SPEC You are a dead set goose Silver Donating Members 3,968 Member For: 19y 1m 3d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 12/10/09 08:35 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 08:35 AM Fully sick ebay ignition coils right here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berzerker Donating Members 767 Member For: 17y 12d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 12/10/09 09:35 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 09:35 AM Interested.Always good to have a set laying around for that price, when the time for a tune comes, good to have handy so as not to get stuck like me having to dish out $440 for genuine Ford ones on the day so tuner can complete the tune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebxmple Member 1,322 Member For: 16y 11m 3d Posted 12/10/09 09:38 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 09:38 AM Maybe they fail at higher power levels as mine are still the Factory ones and have done 65,000km with no signs of missfire ever... I run the wrx plugs so dont know if that makes a difference but they do come already gapped to .8mm. So far no dramas with 320rwkw but will see how they go in the warmer weather. Cant beleive the genuine ones only lasted 3mths,pretty crap for a genuine product. I wonder how well those fancy coils will work and if they will be worth the money. Anyone want to be a pioneer and try them out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chich Damn You's A Sexy Chich Member 3,843 Member For: 16y 10m 17d Gender: Male Location: Your House Posted 12/10/09 10:42 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 10:42 AM for $660 I'll let someone else suss em out first I think... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR8XR6 ANGEL EYES Silver Donating Members 1,683 Member For: 16y 5m 12d Gender: Male Location: SE Suburbs, Melbourne Posted 12/10/09 11:11 AM Share Posted 12/10/09 11:11 AM Might be interested for spares hey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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