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Old 06-13-2010, 01:00 PM
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The Mallory unit uses an optical light trigger mechanism that has its own set of "Bugs".
The design technology (magnetic flux triggered impulse) used in the MSD is mirrored from Fords Duraspark application. In fact the module is a duplicate other than the base plate. For the most part it's troublefree. To my knowlege all the OEM's use this same basic type technology in lieu of optical for their ignition sytems, if the optical were more reliable I'm sure they would be using that, so would Nascar.
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