Damn, so msd is crsppy fellas?
Pretty man. Did it work ok for you minted there?
Quote wasn't mineYep, its been mounted there for 10 years. Still working fine. Of course I didn't drive it much. My buddy Joey, "the new owner" drives it less than I did so it should last forever. LOL
By the way, if you are planning to tune it with a chip you won't need the MSD box.
Yeah? So even though it came w kit there's no need?Your stock ignition should light the system off just fine. No need for aftermarket complications.
i thought you bought the entry level 5-6psi kit? I wouldn't think a boost retard set up should be needed at that level?Yeah? So even though it came w kit there's no need?
I got the 6-8. I think I'm gonna try and put er in the trunki thought you bought the entry level 5-6psi kit? I wouldn't think a boost retard set up should be needed at that level?
I got the 6-8. I think I'm gonna try and put er in the trunk
It's has an sct chip and has been tuned before and will be tuned again. Will it run w out the box until I can get to the tuner? The wait list is sometimes kinda long. If no then what do I take it off when I get there or can they tune with it left on?Yep, its been mounted there for 10 years. Still working fine. Of course I didn't drive it much. My buddy Joey, "the new owner" drives it less than I did so it should last forever. LOL
By the way, if you are planning to tune it with a chip you won't need the MSD box.
Yeah I was wondering about the stock spark being strong enough etc. So I know this is as noob as question as it gets but can I tune and both use the msd at same time?This is my take on using the MSD in your kit.
It came in the kit because the mfg of that kit thought it needed it. It is superior to the stock ignition. It significantly amplifies the spark, and frequency of the spark to be sure it lights off a higher cylinder pressure w/o incident.
The stock ignition was not designed to do that. Although there are plenty of examples of those here that are running w/o one "just fine",......I'd be curious to how much better it could've ran.
I've had more than one occasion where immediately after installing the box,..the car started faster, ran more crisp at idle, and revved quicker than the stock ignition.
If the before on that is "just fine", I'll take the "way better" for 800 anyday of the week.
For the few people who b itch about MSD because they had (or know about) somebody that had a problem w/ one,....... They are the vocal minority.
You'll never hear from the hundreds of thousands that never have a problem though.
Bottom line, if you want to be sure that the box is healthy, send it to them and have it ck'd. The 25.00 or so dollar investment will give you the piece of mind that the ignition box,...(that doesn't pull timing w/ a seperate MSD box) will be fine.
The box is just an amplifier. It does nothing more than boost the spark, and (in MSD's case) increase the frequency of the spark events per cycle (Hence the "Multiple Spark Discharge" namesake).Yeah I was wondering about the stock spark being strong enough etc. So I know this is as noob as question as it gets but can I tune and both use the msd at same time?
I have a red one.There are differences in functions of the various MSD boxes.
Typically the blue MSD box that is provided in the Vortech kit is only an ignition/boost control box, which is only used to retard ignition "timing" in relation to added boost. That's why I stated above that it is not needed with an SCT chip.
That blue box will not amplify ignition (spark). He would need a 6BTM to perform both duty's.