Great info thanks. I think for the case of cheaper COP, I would rather just stick to an external igniter. 300M coils will plug right into the 2JZ harness, among other things, so getting connectors would be pretty easy, and then there are CBR coils, 2J coils. Lots of coils that can be used, and cheap to boot.
Also, if you are running a coil/igniter combo, you will not be able to use any devices such as the HKS DLI or AEM C2DI.
So the only difference between the 1100 and the 1101 is the tach output? That is lame, doesn't seem like it is worth it to have different part numbers.
BTW, my 1100 works great for tach output on my N/A.
You mentioned the tranny wires were different. Probably just the fact that the TT tranny uses switched ground on some of the solenoids instead of switched power, or was there other problems? I looked at the pinouts on 1UZ vs 2JZ and they were pretty much plug'n'play, but I haven't checked the transmission part.....yet.