Great video! Have you done your transmission service yet? I have a B9 S4 myself and I’m considering servicing the transmission soon. It’d be great if you made a video on that as well.
Thanks! Appreciate you watching :-). My car is a bit too new for the service still, I'm at like 26k or 27k miles or so. I do plan to do this video, but it might not be for a year or more.
Just did this upgrade on my stage 3 TTE710 034 E60 car. Used your suggested gap and the car breaks up at WOT. Switching back to OEM gap, possibly OEM coils too.
Have you tried data logging for misfires? Is it all through the rpm range or just at the top of the rpm range? Data logs for misfire on each cylinder can identify if it's just a single cylinder missing. Stock gap may be a bit too wide, but you can try it, tighter gap helps reduce risk of spark blow out and break ups. There were also issues with E60 breakups in cold weather, not sure where you are located, but it was an issue I saw on E85 as well under WOT at high RPM right before upshifts. I was getting it in 40-60F weather. 034 has a fix coming out for that which I can confirm solves the issue.
@@DmitrysGarage I didn’t have any gear with me at the track last night, but the car was running perfect before the plug and coil change(right before the track). Re-gapping to OEM now and will see if that makes a difference. Will log if it’s the same - but with no other changes but plugs and coils it has to be either or.
Could also be anything like a single bad coil, or a single coil not seated well on one cylinder, a gap off in one of the plugs, etc.. If it ran well before then it's probably related to the changes. I'd definitely log it before you go through the trouble of removing every single plug and coil if you haven't already removed em all haha. Would suck if it was just one and if you switch both back to OEM it won't help identify if it's gap or a coil. The thing is a wider gap is more likely to misfire because blowout can occur where the voltage won't bridge the gap under higher density air/gas mixtures from the bigger turbo. The main benefit of a wider (i.e. stock) gap would be more power output if you can avoid blowout.
is it fine to use the grease on the ngk spark plug the brand ngk recommends not to grease cuz it can make damage or is that the reason you used a little bit of grease.
You can use grease on the boot for the coil pack, if thats what they gave you. A little in the boot is all you need like in the video. Just don’t use any grease on the threads or you will over torque.
love your videos as always, question do you recommend changing fluids for the audi at its mileage limit or at its time limit? I have a 2019 b9 s5 with only 18k miles and was wondering if I should start swapping out the fluids in the car
Depends on the fluid, brake fluid starts to absorb water over time and needs to be swapped regularly. Definitely time to bleed it out if it's never done before, I have a video for that. Trans, diff and transfer case fluids are more miles based. I'd wait til about 60k to do those, they're all synthetic and not really being contaminated like engine oil is by combustion.
@@DmitrysGarage thanks for the heads up the engine oil is changed every 6 months for me and brake fluid every 2 years. Brought it it recently to the dealer they recommended to change the trans, diff, and transfer case fluid due to the "year" of my car which raised eyebrows since my car has low mileage and driven only on weekends
Hey Dmitry, I'm about to change out my plugs and noticed the OEM plugs i bought are gapped out of the box to .022 just like yours. Is that ok for stage 2?
Seems a bit tight for oem. I can tell you the oem aren’t too far off though. So its possibly a measuring tolerance if they’re all that way and not just one. Not sure if you’re measuring with a feeler gauge or one of those wire or wheel things. Feeler gage is the best usually as long as it is accurate. Audi doesn’t seem to specify a gap, just a part number.
@@DmitrysGarage I setup my own guitars so I have a feeler gauge handy. That’s what I used. They all seemed to be gapped exactly the same. I found it a bit strange since they’re supposed to be between .026-.030 from what I’ve read. Wonder if .022 is too far off. What would having this gap entail for the car if installed?
Weird, mine were pretty close to 0.022 maybe 0.025 to 0.027 when i got them out of the box. I wonder if they're updating the part to shrink the gap down. I think being Stage 2 you're fine running the tighter gap, may reduce power a smidge but add a bit more safety margin. If you see poor performance/low efficiency you may want to gap them up very slightly (i.e. 0.024 and try that). If you're sure the part number is right and if they're all identical out of the box, I would run it. Also I just looked through a B9 discord I'm on and people have reported stock gap as low as 0.024" so I think you're fine.
Your camera work is fantastic!! Ive watched tons of videos in my preparation to go to stage 3. You have answered so many of my questions!!!
Thanks that means a lot! This was a hard one to shoot well due to how tight things are on the driver’s side. Glad the effort helped!
As always a great informative and easy to watch/ well produced video.
Thanks for doing these! When coil and plug time comes for me, this is going to be critical.
Also, the torque wrench beep harmonizes with the music.
Love your video’s makes life easyer
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Great video! Have you done your transmission service yet? I have a B9 S4 myself and I’m considering servicing the transmission soon. It’d be great if you made a video on that as well.
Thanks! Appreciate you watching :-). My car is a bit too new for the service still, I'm at like 26k or 27k miles or so. I do plan to do this video, but it might not be for a year or more.
@@DmitrysGarage I have heard ZF recommend ~60k miles to do the service. Audi claims it is never required
@@DmitrysGarage also thanks for the great video!
Just did this upgrade on my stage 3 TTE710 034 E60 car. Used your suggested gap and the car breaks up at WOT. Switching back to OEM gap, possibly OEM coils too.
Have you tried data logging for misfires? Is it all through the rpm range or just at the top of the rpm range? Data logs for misfire on each cylinder can identify if it's just a single cylinder missing. Stock gap may be a bit too wide, but you can try it, tighter gap helps reduce risk of spark blow out and break ups. There were also issues with E60 breakups in cold weather, not sure where you are located, but it was an issue I saw on E85 as well under WOT at high RPM right before upshifts. I was getting it in 40-60F weather. 034 has a fix coming out for that which I can confirm solves the issue.
@@DmitrysGarage I didn’t have any gear with me at the track last night, but the car was running perfect before the plug and coil change(right before the track). Re-gapping to OEM now and will see if that makes a difference. Will log if it’s the same - but with no other changes but plugs and coils it has to be either or.
Could also be anything like a single bad coil, or a single coil not seated well on one cylinder, a gap off in one of the plugs, etc.. If it ran well before then it's probably related to the changes. I'd definitely log it before you go through the trouble of removing every single plug and coil if you haven't already removed em all haha. Would suck if it was just one and if you switch both back to OEM it won't help identify if it's gap or a coil. The thing is a wider gap is more likely to misfire because blowout can occur where the voltage won't bridge the gap under higher density air/gas mixtures from the bigger turbo. The main benefit of a wider (i.e. stock) gap would be more power output if you can avoid blowout.
Did you ever find the problem? I'm having coils/plugs done in a few weeks and now I'm worried of this happening.
I see there is one more type of NGK spark plugs that has IR mark which stands for Iridium. Are the ones you're installing iridium as well ?
These are stock Audi plugs, NGK makes them and they are irridium, yep.
is it fine to use the grease on the ngk spark plug the brand ngk recommends not to grease cuz it can make damage or is that the reason you used a little bit of grease.
You can use grease on the boot for the coil pack, if thats what they gave you. A little in the boot is all you need like in the video. Just don’t use any grease on the threads or you will over torque.
love your videos as always, question do you recommend changing fluids for the audi at its mileage limit or at its time limit? I have a 2019 b9 s5 with only 18k miles and was wondering if I should start swapping out the fluids in the car
Depends on the fluid, brake fluid starts to absorb water over time and needs to be swapped regularly. Definitely time to bleed it out if it's never done before, I have a video for that. Trans, diff and transfer case fluids are more miles based. I'd wait til about 60k to do those, they're all synthetic and not really being contaminated like engine oil is by combustion.
@@DmitrysGarage thanks for the heads up the engine oil is changed every 6 months for me and brake fluid every 2 years. Brought it it recently to the dealer they recommended to change the trans, diff, and transfer case fluid due to the "year" of my car which raised eyebrows since my car has low mileage and driven only on weekends
"You should keep stock gap unless you're doing hybrid turbo"
Can you tell us what gap should we have when we run a hybrid turbo?
I went with 0.022” gap for tte710 on e85
In the video you say thin wall 17 mm? But in the description you have a link for a 14 mm? And on eBay I can't find a 17 mm only a 14?
It is a 14mm. I have a link in the description to the unit I recommend
Nice vid and info! Having the same B9 S4. what gap should I run for stage 2 91oct stock turbo? Thanks
I would recommend stock gap. Its unlikely given how tight the stop gap is that you’ll have blowout issues.
@@DmitrysGarage Thanks, just tested yesterday, stock gap ran perfectly
Awesome glad to hear its running well :)
How are your 034 packs holding up?
Great so far!
Hey Dmitry, I'm about to change out my plugs and noticed the OEM plugs i bought are gapped out of the box to .022 just like yours. Is that ok for stage 2?
Seems a bit tight for oem. I can tell you the oem aren’t too far off though. So its possibly a measuring tolerance if they’re all that way and not just one. Not sure if you’re measuring with a feeler gauge or one of those wire or wheel things. Feeler gage is the best usually as long as it is accurate. Audi doesn’t seem to specify a gap, just a part number.
@@DmitrysGarage I setup my own guitars so I have a feeler gauge handy. That’s what I used. They all seemed to be gapped exactly the same. I found it a bit strange since they’re supposed to be between .026-.030 from what I’ve read. Wonder if .022 is too far off. What would having this gap entail for the car if installed?
Weird, mine were pretty close to 0.022 maybe 0.025 to 0.027 when i got them out of the box. I wonder if they're updating the part to shrink the gap down. I think being Stage 2 you're fine running the tighter gap, may reduce power a smidge but add a bit more safety margin. If you see poor performance/low efficiency you may want to gap them up very slightly (i.e. 0.024 and try that). If you're sure the part number is right and if they're all identical out of the box, I would run it. Also I just looked through a B9 discord I'm on and people have reported stock gap as low as 0.024" so I think you're fine.