msd pro billet distributor
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msd pro billet distributor
before i go and spend about 650 bucks on an msd set up i wanted to check if it was the right model for my car, so will the msd pro billet distributor in the summit catalog part #MSD-8572 work on my 69 small block, also does any one run this set up and if so how do you like it. any other suggestions? differnt brands of equal quality. thanks
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From: Little Elm Tx
Re: msd pro billet distributor (Randexter)
I have that distributor in a 71 Small block and works like a champ. Sounds good when starting and will keep her moving too. Not to mention the MSD setup looks good under the hood. :cool:
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From: Was New Orleans but swam to Baton Rouge LA
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Re: msd pro billet distributor (Randexter)
Thats what I bought. Just waiting to put it in now. I also went with the Digital 6 box instead of a regular 6.
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From: Silver City NM
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Re: msd pro billet distributor (Randexter)
I don't want to be an asswipe, but isn't that a pretty pricey manifold to be tooting around on the street with? I can see it if you are mainly running on a track, but one a LOT less expensive will get you to the grocery store just as efficiently. And you can put a red distributor cap, stick on a decal, and paint it silver if you are after looks :)
Then again...it's your money :D
Dep
[Modified by Dep, 8:09 AM 11/11/2003]
Then again...it's your money :D
Dep
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From: meraux LA
Re: msd pro billet distributor (Randexter)
That is the one I have on my vette. One of the best upgrades I have put on the car for performance. Starts right up everytime. Looks great. Just remember to put the little sleeve in the dist. when you go to hook up the tack. cable without it your tack. will not work. Took me a day to figure out why. :cool:
Melting Slicks
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From: Niles, MI
Re: msd pro billet distributor (crf311)
I have the MSD setup and I like it. Aluminum distributor is lighter than the stock cast iron and the car starts much better. I'm running a pretty serious cam (not sure what it is - was in when I bought it) and it used to load up pretty easily. The MSD setup helped. But it is EXPENSIVE!!
Ditto on the tach adaptor. Took me a month to figure it out. Doh!! :banghead:
Ditto on the tach adaptor. Took me a month to figure it out. Doh!! :banghead:
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Re: msd pro billet distributor (Dep)
Too late! :D
My car runs better with the MSD in, good enough for me...
Besides, It's sitting in an $8000 engine in a $10,000 car, who gives a rats butt if it's a bit expensive :rolleyes:
My car runs better with the MSD in, good enough for me...
Besides, It's sitting in an $8000 engine in a $10,000 car, who gives a rats butt if it's a bit expensive :rolleyes:
I don't want to be an asswipe, but isn't that a pretty pricey manifold to be tooting around on the street with? I can see it if you are mainly running on a track, but one a LOT less expensive will get you to the grocery store just as efficiently. And you can put a red distributor cap, stick on a decal, and paint it silver if you are after looks :)
Then again...it's your money :D
Dep
[Modified by Dep, 8:09 AM 11/11/2003]
Then again...it's your money :D
Dep
[Modified by Dep, 8:09 AM 11/11/2003]
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From: Bellevue WA
Re: msd pro billet distributor (Randexter)
I'm running the MSD setup too, and it's great. However, I mounted the 6A box up front where the original transistorized ignition amp was located and after a few years, the car started running ratty. The MSD tech support guys talked me into shielding the wires between the box and the distributor. I don't know what triggered this noise problem, but since I installed the shielding I've had no trouble at all. They sell a wiring harness with shielded wire, but I just added shielding to my existing harness.
By the way, if you want to install an electronic tach from a later C3 (like a '76) you might save some money by not getting the tach drive version of the distributor. If you go electronic, you MUST get the MSD tach adapter. Don't just plug the tach into the "tach" connection on the box. You'll blow the tach's circuit board (voice of experience here). Probably not worth the hassle though, unless you really want the electronic tach like I did, and have your dash torn out anyway.
By the way, if you want to install an electronic tach from a later C3 (like a '76) you might save some money by not getting the tach drive version of the distributor. If you go electronic, you MUST get the MSD tach adapter. Don't just plug the tach into the "tach" connection on the box. You'll blow the tach's circuit board (voice of experience here). Probably not worth the hassle though, unless you really want the electronic tach like I did, and have your dash torn out anyway.
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Re: msd pro billet distributor (Randexter)
I had the MSD system installed in my car. Always ran like a dream, never had to even look at it. When I installed a different engine with an electronic distirbutor I took out the MSD....I was surprised that the whole insides of the distributor were quite corroded. I wrote to MSD and they just told me I could send it back for refurbishment.....it should have never corroded, wth? I've never had a distributor that corroded inside like the MSD. I cannot complain about how well it worked though...always like a champ. Just so you know, my car is always garaged and nothing else corrodes under the hood.
I wish I would have just converted to an electronic tach instead of buying the MSD system; it gives the individual a lot more (and less expensive) options when it comes to GM distributors.
I wish I would have just converted to an electronic tach instead of buying the MSD system; it gives the individual a lot more (and less expensive) options when it comes to GM distributors.
