Re: nology problem #1

[mtck@ix.netcom.com (MTCK)]

the same time as I put my sway bars in. On my way home I forgot about 
the wires and joked to my friend that the sway bars made my car faster. 
When I got home a poped the hood I realized that the wires really work. 
For those of you with skepticism, I think that your car has to be in 
perfect mechanical shape to feel performance upgrades.

    MTCK
    87' Scirocco 16v turbo

Stock right now would be the tri (3) electrode plugs, non platinum.  

Bosch just came out with a new platinum plug w/ 4 electrodes. Seems 
like
snake oil when applied to our cars. IMO.

TBerk

Mark Madison wrote:
> 
> uhm.. I thought those 4 electrode ones WERE stock?
> *shrug*
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Chris Coracini <Coracin@usdl.com>
> To: 'Alex Ting'
> 
> >hmmm...  i've heard nology is crap.  from what i've read, the stock 
bosch
> >system is more than adequate.  it's the same deal with those fancy 4
> >electrode platinum plugs.  you car works best with the stock plugs.  
most
> of
> >the "improvement" people write about when they replace old stock 
ignition
> >components with new "improved" components is because they were 
replacing a
> >faulty part.  replace it with a new OEM bosch part and you'll get 
the same
> >improvement.  i'd rip those off and get a good set of normal wires.
> >warning:  this is all IMHO...
> >
> >chris
> >86 16V scirocco
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Alex Ting [SMTP:alex@millenniumsolutions.net]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 2:42 PM
> >> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> Subject: nology problem
> >>
> >>
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> a buddy of mine just put a set of nology wires on and is having
> >> some problems with his rocco.
> >>
> >> He writes as follows:
> >>
> >> <begin quote>
> >> When I first put them on I
> >> got this strange power loss, and the car felt like it was missing. 
My
> >> first
> >> thought was that I had exposed a weakness in the other part of the
> >> ignition
> >> system.
> >> But then I noticed that my mileage was in the toilet. We thought 
that
> >> a
> >> bad fuel pump was the culprit but I just got done upgrading(NOS 
fuel
> pump)
> >> that, and that weird power loss is still there.
> >> <end quote>
> >>
> >> I seem to remember a thread about this awhile back.
> >> Any ideas what this could be?
> >> Could the wires have damaged his Hall sensor at all?
> >>
> >> TIA!
> >>
> >> Alex Ting

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