Yeah, a lot of the new engines have a separate coil, etc. for each cylinder as you mentioned.
Speaking of Model "T" coils, I was surfing the web, kind of bored the other day, and was looking at some pulse jet sites. I was a bit surprised to see that some of those guys use Model "T" coils to start their pulse jets, and they are still available to buy!
Uh oh.... now I've "done it".
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