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Alternative MSD Cap
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| SwiftDB4 |
07-17-2011 08:30 PM |
Alternative MSD Cap
Have had 2 MSD caps fail with center electrode gone. Yes I bent rotor up to contact electrode. I will check rotor phasing. Also read somewhere that an alternative cap is Borg Warner C158, but that seems to have female terminals. I have the small MSD cap #8431. Is there an alternative with male terminals?
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Sounds like more than bad luck. You contact MSD?
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| CJ428CJ |
07-17-2011 09:32 PM |
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| SwiftDB4 |
07-18-2011 12:02 AM |
Thanks Chris. Maybe the rotor-cap electrode alignment will be better too. On my MSD ones the rotor is totally beneath the lower edge of the cap electrodes. Really getting fed up with MSD quality.
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| SwiftDB4 |
07-18-2011 03:32 PM |
Chris,
Is that Summit Cap for an FE? It looks taller than my 351W one.
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| mr0077 |
07-18-2011 03:54 PM |
Mine had the Chevy-style cap, so after 2 MSD cap failures, I bought a cap for a 57 Chevy 6 years ago, put it on and never had any more trouble.
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| elmariachi |
07-18-2011 06:03 PM |
I run the black 158 for GM 454 on my MSD 8594 FE distributor. Cheaper and no problems, but the electrodes to tend to disappear after about 2000 miles.
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| CJ428CJ |
07-19-2011 03:14 PM |
Quote:
Is that Summit Cap for an FE? It looks taller than my 351W one.
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It's the one I run on my FE with an MSD Pro Billet distributor.
Chris |
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