So I did yet another rebuild last night, and did a good amount of 'research' into the Lemo 1 (not much out there for builds on the 2 yet) and stumbled across this gem:
I know you guys like to RIP on ol' RIP, but this actually worked. So I took the stock coil, spaced it out to make a 'standard coil' and wicked it like the video. The best I can describe it when it's done is like this:
In your face flavor. Problem solved. Still hits great for airflow/cloud and has the flavor too. Very happy with the flavor now.
When I took it apart last night, I also noticed that the oring was smushed and stuck to the glass section when I took it off of the base. It was slightly deformed looking. I probably made it too tight. Too much tightening on the tank could affect wicking if that oring smushes into a juice channel.
... Now I just need to solve this leaking thing.