Whats inside a ProComp MSD box
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St. Jude Donor '05
Whats inside a ProComp MSD box
No, not mine just another example of what cheap gets you.
Part inside look familiar? LOL
That was ALL that was inside there. Free typos too. Wow
Part inside look familiar? LOL
That was ALL that was inside there. Free typos too. Wow
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http://store.procompelectronics.com/default.aspx. try this one , seems to be them. their site lists that box , with the module installed, and then the module by itself. Different decal on the face of their newer boxes though, searched three times , this is the only one that came up.
Last edited by oldalaskaman; Feb 21, 2012 at 02:55 AM.
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The module inside that box has no energy storage capacitor which is necessary for a CDI (Capacitive Discharge Ignition). Such a capacitor has a voltage rating of ~500 volts and about 1uf and is physically a cylinder of about 1 inch diameter and 3 inches long.
The module inside this unit looks like an MSD HEI module. (I had one once, but it failed and I never replaced it with another. Instead, I went to an MSD-6 CDI system, which DOES have a large energy storage capacitor (~1.0 uf at ~500 volts).) The internals of the MSD-6 box look nothing like this.
If this is really what is inside a ProCompElectronics MSD-6 look-alike ignition, it is fraudulent because the label states CDI and it is NOT a capacitive discharge ignition!
The module inside this unit looks like an MSD HEI module. (I had one once, but it failed and I never replaced it with another. Instead, I went to an MSD-6 CDI system, which DOES have a large energy storage capacitor (~1.0 uf at ~500 volts).) The internals of the MSD-6 box look nothing like this.
If this is really what is inside a ProCompElectronics MSD-6 look-alike ignition, it is fraudulent because the label states CDI and it is NOT a capacitive discharge ignition!
