ignition grief

[Cobrabill]

Originally Posted by Ronbo

I have to admit what I've been reading lately does not give me a warm fuzzy feeling about MSD stuff...

Seems like points last longer, not to mention they have a built-in rev limiter called "contact float".

Ron,points are like Richard Simmons entering a UFC fight..what's the point?(pun intended)
MSD makes good stuff,their customer service is good to great.I have 6AL's on everything except the Cummins and my SCCA car.

[lovehamr]

Originally Posted by Cobrabill

Ron,points are like Richard Simmons entering a UFC fight..what's the point?(pun intended)
MSD makes good stuff,their customer service is good to great.I have 6AL's on everything except the Cummins and my SCCA car.

I consider this the most over-looked issue when using an MSD. People act as though you have to run an electronic dist. if you are using an MSD and nothing could be farther off base. Running a points based dist. is actually a more reliable system than most electronics for one simple reason. When used as the trigger for the MSD (which is all that part of the dist is anyway) then the points are only carrying a few milliamps and at that current level the rubbing block will be worn out about the same time the points are. When used with an MSD many things that we used to have to worry about with points are long gone. Gone is worrying about point dwell angle and gap (they just have to open and close, doesn't matter how much), gone is worrying about condenser failure, gone is worrying about point wear and deposits. While I'm at it; gone is worrying about stupid carbon contacts, gone is worrying about fried pick-ups, gone is worrying about rotor gap, gone is worrying about being able to test an electronic dist on the road. This is starting to sound pretty good isn't it? Well it gets better. With the points set-up you can bypass the MSD box with the supplied jumper wires on the road and limp home on points and condenser should the box go by by. I know what you're thinking now; "oh but the bearings and build quality of the billet dist is so much better than an old points dist” Bull ****! Now I'm not saying go get a dist from a 63 Falcon and put that puppy to the test. I am saying that there are millions of hi performance points dist around that will work just as well. For instance; on my much modified Boss302 I use an Accel dual point with only one set of points hooked up. Don't need the extra dwell from a set of duel points because they don't control coil saturation with the MSD, the MSD box does. The points just tell it when to fire. The reliability factor is just so stupid simple it's hard to ignore. When BDR687's 428 fires to life, it's going to be with an old Mallory dual point and MSD 6AL box.

Steve