Hi everyone,

I have done some reseach on here and people seem to swear by Hitachi Coil Packs,

as the car is coming upto 40k miles I plan to change the existing coil packs (no problems with them so far), keep them as emergency spairs and

use the above with some new plugs I have bought (NGK PFR 6Q). Any performance feed back much appreciated. Sooo a few questions guys :-

1/ Do the coil packs come with brackets and fixing screws?

2/ Is this part number the latest version :- 06B-905-115E ?

3/ A reliable supplier you can recommend

4/ What sort of price can I expect to pay?

5/ Do the plugs need re-gapping ? (standard vrs engine I always use V power petrol)

Many thanks

Peter

I have just replaced one of mine,i fitted a OE spec one from a local motor factors & i paid £28 all inc for it.mine were just a push fit on to the spark plugs.

a genuine skoda one at trade is only £25 all in

Hi everyone,

I have done some reseach on here and people seem to swear by Hitachi Coil Packs,

as the car is coming upto 40k miles I plan to change the existing coil packs (no problems with them so far), keep them as emergency spairs and

use the above with some new plugs I have bought (NGK PFR 6Q). Any performance feed back much appreciated. Sooo a few questions guys :-

1/ Do the coil packs come with brackets and fixing screws?

2/ Is this part number the latest version :- 06B-905-115E ?

3/ A reliable supplier you can recommend

4/ What sort of price can I expect to pay?

5/ Do the plugs need re-gapping ? (standard vrs engine I always use V power petrol)

Many thanks

Peter

Hitachi coils packs are very well made, also expensive.

Not sure what the price is, I think the £25 - £28 quoted is for standard coil packs not hitachi ones?

They are recomended for remapped cars because they are bolted down by 2 bolts to the cam cover(as apposed to the standrad push down ones). This stops the coil pack lifting which can sometimes happen on high boost cars. Also can happen on standard cars if the spark plugs are not done up enough.

I notice recently that companies are now suppling brackets/bolts to clamp the standard coil pack down (ECS in the states do these now)

The plug gap should be 0.7mm

make sure to get the rubber seals as well. They help to stop moisture penetrate to the lead.

a genuine skoda one at trade is only £25 all in

My local skoda dealer wanted £28.89+vat,that included a 15% trade discount!

Hitachi coils packs are very well made, also expensive.

Not sure what the price is, I think the £25 - £28 quoted is for standard coil packs not hitachi ones?

They are recomended for remapped cars because they are bolted down by 2 bolts to the cam cover(as apposed to the standrad push down ones). This stops the coil pack lifting which can sometimes happen on high boost cars. Also can happen on standard cars if the spark plugs are not done up enough.

I notice recently that companies are now suppling brackets/bolts to clamp the standard coil pack down (ECS in the states do these now)

The plug gap should be 0.7mm

Thanks Bowders,

I do plan a remap in the new year hence this upgrade, after I posted I did another search and found an interesting post where someone had filed a small groove

in the s/plug bore location rings on the pack to allow any pressure build up to escape!!!.

Im not to sure about this idea. :rotz:. A material thats cycling temperature wise, with any sharp grooves cut in it just invites a crack to form.

I suppose the idea is to let trapped air (when the pack is pushed into its location hole) to escape when it heats up and expands when the engine is running, if there were no sharp edges, and it was a gentle radius recess it might work, its got me thinking now.

I did see the brackets from ECS you mention, then realised the Hitachi body has built in fixing lugs duh.

Many thanks

Peter

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I did see the brackets from ECS you mention, then realised the Hitachi body has built in fixing lugs duh.

Many thanks

Peter

Yep not much use if you have the Hitachi ones:rofl:

I am off to the states soon so might try and get some hitachi coil packs as much cheaper over there..