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1.8T AUM horrible misfire under load after remap [FIXED>BROKEN>FIXED AGAIN FOR GOOD]

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Long story short - after a remap to 210 HP (thnx @robek85!) and after about 500 km car developed horrible misfire under acceleration, reason: two coilpacks failed - fix: changed all 4 for BERU and all was good, after a few days again horrible misfire under acceleration, reason: one of the new BERU coilpacks cracked and again everything failed - fix: changed them to NGK for Audi R8 4.2 FSI and now all is solid.

 

So I went through the horrid 1.8T story with misfires. I couldn't sleep for a month until I got it sorted, I guess I was just unlucky with fitting the new coils and having them mechanically break apart... Mechanic said I got BERU chinese copies, don't know how that's possible since they were bough from a reputable parts store, but I did notice two boxes were from Korea and two from Italy. Picture is attached, you can see the part 

 

What I want to emphasize here is that I've read on many many forums that coils will fail either during the remap session or shortly after and that it's recommended to change them prior to a remap. Don't know what stresses the coils more on mapped cars than stock... Mine were original ones but mixed up and one dated way back to 2007. If only I knew this before the remap.

 

Not only do the NGK's work great, they are awesome to look at, they really lift up the sexiness under the hood - see pic.

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