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    Eldor coils and NGK plugs FTW!

    Parts: Six Eldor coils R3516S00100 and six NGK Laser Platinum DCPR8EKP plugs. The dual ground versions, not the quad ground. Carefully torqued to 22 ft-lbs
    Removed from 2005 125K mile motor: five 17 year old Bosch coils and one unknown brand coil. Plus six fairly worn NGK DCPR8EKP plugs. The old plugs were barely torqued in place. That is one of the many reasons why I have taken over ALL the work on my car now, All plugs showed perfect air fuel mixture. No oil or carbon build up. Motor burns zero oil. Oil changes are at 4,500 miles.

    My M3 has NEVER run better since I bought it in 2009 with 17K miles on it. Rock steady idle and a restored lower RPM throttle response. The car was running quite good before, but I was starting to notice some loss of power and response from idle to 4000 RPM. Now, even the exhaust note is different. My motor has always run great. Just never this good.
    I endorse this combination of brand parts.

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    New plugs and coils will do that.

    Glad to hear it.
    2003.5 MT JB/B - CSL SCHRICK SUPERSPRINT EISENMANN JRZ SWIFT MILLWAY APR ENDLESS BBS/SSR DREXLER KMP SACHS RECARO AR SLON MKRS GSP DMG KARBONIUS CP AUTOSOLUTIONS KOYO

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      #3
      Doing coils & plugs again....it's been a while but the Eldors don't seem to make constant contact to the spark plug. They don't "seat" like the genuine plugs do. Anyone experienced this? Is this normal? About to return and order genuine.

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        #4
        Are the plugs supposed to be torqued to 18 foot pounds or 22 foot pounds?

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          #5
          Originally posted by fourmula1 View Post
          Doing coils & plugs again....it's been a while but the Eldors don't seem to make constant contact to the spark plug. They don't "seat" like the genuine plugs do. Anyone experienced this? Is this normal? About to return and order genuine.
          I don't know if Eldor coils are similar, but when I bought new Bosch coils for S54, it came with the following page:
          BMW / E46M Interior & Trim Restoration.
          https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/c...ch-restoration

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            #6
            Thank you. I couldn't feel the spring on the bench, but feels that way when installed.

            Bringing my old coils with me when I re-tune...just in case.

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              #7
              Forgot to mention - this is how they differ in appearance - top is a new Bosch, bottom is old stock coil:
              BMW / E46M Interior & Trim Restoration.
              https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/c...ch-restoration

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