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Old 14 December 2011, 02:07 AM
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I've noticed a few people are doing this mod as I believe they are more reliable. I understand the earlier classics had individual coil packs which are prone to failure. My question is, is it worth doing on a classic which has the single central coilpack (v3 onwards) or is just as cheap/reliable to stick with the OEM bits? I have a misfire on my car which is definitely not the plugs and I believe to be either HT leads or Coil pack. Thanks
Old 14 December 2011, 12:15 PM
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I'm interested to know about this too.....
Old 14 December 2011, 04:16 PM
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Can anyone help us out.....?
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the single coilpack is usaly reliable, more likly to be duff leads or incorrect plug gaps. but yes it is worth it
Old 14 December 2011, 07:04 PM
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Cheers dbay
Old 14 December 2011, 09:37 PM
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if you use the genuine ones with standard power (<260) they are fine.
only ever replaced one of mine in 3 years.
£60 each genuine.
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I'm around 360 bhp so probably a worthwhile mod?.
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Dbay did mine for me not so long ago, and I haven't looked back. Well worth doing.
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