Sounds like a dud transistor.  Have you contacted Pascal for his thoughts?  His customer service and knowledge has always been top notch.

Have you identified and tested the transistor driving that coil?

Yeah I just emailed him then to see if I can get some input from him.  I have a spare transistor that he ships with the board if that's the case.  But I will need him to tell me which transistor it is so I can test it, since I have NFI.  Kinda sums up my electronics knowledge