Failure #2 of MSD distributor cap on FE ???

[edwhite7]

Maybe MSD could redesign the rotor to give it some airfoil. Then it could suck fresh air in through the bottom vents and blow it out the top . I have had a lot of problems with rusting and carbon button failures. The MSD solution of providing vent holes seems like one designed for the lab and not really for the general market. I sure hope you don't get caught in the rain, the FE tends to lead with the distributor. I used the same MSD 6al box and blaster coil with my Mallory distributor and never had any problem. I got talked into the MSD pro billet and I will be switching back when my new MSD cap fails.

[decooney]

Yeah, it's more of an experiment on root cause analysis at this point.... I tend to latch on to these things and won't let go until I've proven to myself in a repeated scenario what the final results are; even after I know the answer - still more validation. I'll run this setup for a year, and if it fails, the MSD distributor will go on eBay for highest bidder and I'll try my friends trick of using a stock Ford Duraspark disbributor and wiring in the MSD. He's not had a single distributor unit or distributor cap fail on him to date over the last 10 years when hooked to the MSD 6AL boxes. Plus, it looks more original anyhow. Some of these super-duper-billet-hyper-extreme-performance parts can be a little over rated at times. We'll see.