MSD Blaster 2 Coil

[leshkesh]

can any body help i've got a golf mk1 with G40 supercharge engine, now that i decided upgrade my coil to fit MSD Blaster 2 Coil the problem is i've got the normal g40 coil which comes with module (electronic puls signal) how do i fit this new coil or do i give up and use the original part or go for MSD Blaster SS Coil 1 please help?

[Yoof]

Need the amp module from a Golf. Looks like a 2" square ally backed plate with an electronic box on the front, basically the front off a stock Polo coil.

[leshkesh]

thanks a lot dude, so i can use the front of my coil and wont loose any voltage to power up the new msd coil.

[polo classic]

I've fitted an Nology coil to mine. I just used the kit from the 8v Golf GTI with Digifant (107 ps)

[breadman]

Can anyone confirm that these aftermarket ignition coils offer any real benefits or improvements over a new O.E. standard one?

[cheddarcheese]

i guess the real benefits are that a MSD coil is not a 20 years old design but more reliable modern design that can deal with high performance engines. but most will argue that a new polo coil is up to the job for most performance G40's!

[NeilG40]

...but most will argue that a new polo coil is up to the job for most performance G40's!

yeahp.
i fitted a mk2 golf GTi 8v digifant coil and ignition amp to a friends mk3 polo, it made absolutely no difference, except the big bosch coils die less (unless you wire + and - up the wrong way round...!!)

how many of the 160bhp+ polos have a standard coil? most i imagine.

I did this to mine a few years ago when it was the latest in thing, I never noticed any difference.

[Tommo]

This might sound daft, but i wonder if with a bit of hacking you could seperate the standard polo coil into two bits, and wire up a normal coil in place of the crappy block thing.

[breadman]

Why is it a "crappy block thing" though Tommo?
I can understand like in Yoof's situation where he is running nitrous, but I always thought a new O.E. coil was supposed to be fine (like the inline fuel pump) for even very high power G40/turbos? 
Anyone have actual proof of otherwise? 

[jez1272gt]

Yeah i had this topic very recently.  Conclusion was to stick with a OE version. As Richard says, Yoof is changing his due to NOS as far as i am aware but ran a standard one with 200bhp without problems.

[PeteG40]

This might sound daft, but i wonder if with a bit of hacking you could seperate the standard polo coil into two bits, and wire up a normal coil in place of the crappy block thing.

i did that, IIRC its the amp that usually goes so using the amp from a mk3 polo still quite sh1t

[Nick_S]

Just get a new coil for a mk4 polo, preferably a Beru one.

[Tommo]

Why is it a "crappy block thing" though Tommo?
I can understand like in Yoof's situation where he is running nitrous, but I always thought a new O.E. coil was supposed to be fine (like the inline fuel pump) for even very high power G40/turbos? 
Anyone have actual proof of otherwise? 

Yeah, ive never had any problems with it, its just that mines knocking on a little now and I too have an MSD blaster 2 kicking about as it happens. A higher power coil would mean I could get away with a slightly bigger plug gap, meaning a more efficient burn.

[leshkesh]

 can i use the amp module from my stock polo g40 coil or should i get a TCI-H module and wiring loom from a MK1/2 Golf with electronic ignition??

[hayesey]

golf one, the polo one is integral to the polo coil so you can't use it on it's own.