In a message dated 9/4/98 3:50:46 PM Mountain Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: Actually, the condenser that comes with the car coil is just for noise > > suppression. >Au contraire... Ok, you are speaking of the condensor that comes with the points in a tune up kit for older ignition systems. That one does indeed supress the spark from the coil. I have purchased coils with a cap to supress noise that would interfere with the radio.