Lefty here. My RSST coils I wind my normal direction but found that AGA-T2 need to be wound the opposite direction to line up the leads with the mount locations with a vertical coil over the wick hole. I use 30ga 6 over for 1.5-1.7Ω on a 5/64 drill.
LOL! You just made me dig out the AGA-T2 Paul! It's wrapped counter- (anti- as the folks would say) clockwise. Don't remember what gauge I used around some cotton ball wick @ 2.2 ohm and now it's sitting on the MVP. Did you drill out the air hole? Cuz I'm thinkin' I could put this thing back in service with more air flow...

