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MSD 6al ?

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 2:05 pm
by prostude
had my car out a couple of weeks ago
first pass car would leave and then broke up a little bit then on its way
next pass car left hard broke up badly car recovered after about a second or so
third pass car left hard and shut of in the air

car seemed to run fine until it went either under a load or the boost came up on the blower. or g forces came around

MSD said over the phone that its not there box they said it either works or it does not work which I find hard to believe

is it worth sending the box in for repair?

Re: MSD 6al ?

Posted: Wed Jun 02, 2010 8:12 pm
by mytmouz
Try to borrow another box and see if it is that first. I sent a box back through the local speed shop, we got invoiced for a diagnostic fee which was non refundable, even if it was not repairable earlier this year. This was the first time we had seen this, and were told that was the new policy starting Jan 1. (Our boxes arrived there via tracking number on Dec 14, they were closed for the holidays, so they weren't repaired until the 2nd week of January.) So after fixing my box, with shipping and the fee, I had $110 in mine, the speed shop had another box, a 3 step and a multi stage retard, all of which were returned as nonrepairable, each had the $50 fee assessed...

Re: MSD 6al ?

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 5:35 pm
by CDR Performance
How much HP?
What are the plugs gaps?

Re: MSD 6al ?

Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 7:56 pm
by prostude
about 650 hp
plugs gapped at .035 like I have run for years withouth trouble
of course the track I was on was really sticky compared to other tracks I run

Re: MSD 6al ?

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:15 am
by CDR Performance
prostude wrote:about 650 hp
plugs gapped at .035 like I have run for years withouth trouble
of course the track I was on was really sticky compared to other tracks I run

Fresh plugs and reduce the gap to 0.028" see if it picks up.

Re: MSD 6al ?

Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2010 9:26 pm
by K-Star Automotive
I can say in all the years I have been running MSD stuff i would have to agree with them The box either works or not. I am not saying that something is not wrong with the box, but I have never seen one do what you described. All my dealing have been the box works/or not.

So you raced the car one week and it was ok, the next you had this issue??? Did you change anything, and I mean anything no matter how un-related you might think it is, since the last time the car worked ok???

If the car shut off, dead in the middle of a wheel stand I would be looking real close for a loose or shorted wire.

Can you tell me all the detalis of your primary and secondary ignition set-up.
Keith