M50 coil packs, built in amplifier?

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Post Fri Jun 26, 2015 1:17 pm

Can any one quickly tell me if the M50/M52/M42, in-fact any BMW coil pack of the 80's/90's have built in amplifiers? I am pricing up an ECU and am not sure whether I need to spec them built into the ECU or not.

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Post Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:19 pm

no dumb style inductive coils
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Post Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:20 pm

Yeah, you will need them built in.
That or build a little igbt board/use a separate module like the ford EDIS.
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Post Mon Jun 29, 2015 7:56 pm

For my ecu setup I sourced an audi/hiatachi dumb igniter, there are loads on vw's bora mk4 golfs, Volvos and audis of a certain age most are 3 or 4 channel

I have a really good link off igniters where the number of channels is linked with manufactures details and part numbers

For a start 0227100209 , 0227100203 and 0227100208 all Bosch and 3 channel/wasted spark

Also if you want a new one carparts4less have a few , just need to know what vehicle to look at