Well I finally dun it. Rebuilt one with 1.5 ohm nr-r-nr FT coil and JOC. Wasn't nearly as difficult as I expected even with my shaky hands (driver stress NOT age

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I'm really quite happy with it. Now, with the same airflow setting as the factory coil the vapor does come up a tad short. I had been doing 2 airholes open and a gentle MTL with original coils. With this coil I've removed the afc and I'm doing a long gentle DTL. Perfect *for me*. All the vapor I'll ever need and that all important snappy sizzle is still there.
Flavor? I vape a near flavorless concoction and with the factory coil it might just as well have been flavorless (and I was fine with that). With the JOC I'm actually getting a hint of flavor again. Who knows, if we can get rayon to work we may actually get some good flavor out of these things?
I'm pleased with what I got from my first attempt with rebuilding these but I think I'm still gonna order some straight 1.3 ohm wires from FT for the heck of it.