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Originally Posted by Jims5543 View Post
Distributer caps and rotors on motors. I thought they were heading out in the 80's, knowing Mazda's like I do I know they ditched this setup for coil packs in 1986.

When I began research on 911's I saw that the early 80's cars were running Dizzy's but I assumed by at least 1990 they had to have switched over to coil packs. Since my 1980 Targa had a 1990 motor and 1994 computer I was sure (and did not research again, assumed) that there would be coil packs. I was very surprised that Porsche was still using Dizzy's.

Anyone know how far into the 90's Porsche continued to use a Dizzy setup on their cars?
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