Well, i mounted my coil last night, and since i mounted my MSD 6AL right next to it, i decided to figure out how to wire it up. 4 beers later, i had 3 wires connected and a good buzz. So i decided to call it a night before i cut something id regret in the morning.
The car is Carb'd, Has the MSD Billet Distributor, The Blaster SS coil, and this is where im at so far....
I got the small orange wire and the small black wire hooked up to the coil per the instructions. I read where it said to ground the heavy black wire to the block, so i used the ground bolt on the timing cover. I have a question about this though.... The timing cover is aluminum...how good of a ground will that make?
Also, if that wont be a sufficient ground, can i cut and extend the ground wire to a different place on the block without fear of the ground wire being too long? Should i ground it to the frame first then to the block??
The white wire (per the instructions) said its a trigger wire. I had to re-read this part several times over because it got confusing. In one section of the manual, it states that its for like a magnetic pickup, and in another section, it talks about how you can use it for a tach.. i see that there is a tach port on the other side of the MSD, so can i use the white wire for the tach and leave the other one open, or am i reading this wrong?
The heavy red wire says it should be mounted to a 12v source, like the battery or the positive side of the starter solenoid. (My battery is in the hatch) If i remember correctly form pictures, it should be mounted on this side, correct???
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I believe that the only other wire i have left would be the small red wire, which i believe is supposed to be hooked up to a key-on source. Anyone have any good ideas of where to wire that thing into?
Thanks in advance for any help!
The car is Carb'd, Has the MSD Billet Distributor, The Blaster SS coil, and this is where im at so far....
I got the small orange wire and the small black wire hooked up to the coil per the instructions. I read where it said to ground the heavy black wire to the block, so i used the ground bolt on the timing cover. I have a question about this though.... The timing cover is aluminum...how good of a ground will that make?
Also, if that wont be a sufficient ground, can i cut and extend the ground wire to a different place on the block without fear of the ground wire being too long? Should i ground it to the frame first then to the block??
The white wire (per the instructions) said its a trigger wire. I had to re-read this part several times over because it got confusing. In one section of the manual, it states that its for like a magnetic pickup, and in another section, it talks about how you can use it for a tach.. i see that there is a tach port on the other side of the MSD, so can i use the white wire for the tach and leave the other one open, or am i reading this wrong?
The heavy red wire says it should be mounted to a 12v source, like the battery or the positive side of the starter solenoid. (My battery is in the hatch) If i remember correctly form pictures, it should be mounted on this side, correct???
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I believe that the only other wire i have left would be the small red wire, which i believe is supposed to be hooked up to a key-on source. Anyone have any good ideas of where to wire that thing into?
Thanks in advance for any help!
It's something like this:
