Re: Benefits of MSD Ignition with a 440-6 setup?
[Re: BradH]
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Find a new mechanic.
Contact Don at FBO Systems re: ignition tuning and upgrades for your car: http://www.4secondsflat.com
i have an FBO sytem on one car and a mopar performance on the other, with no intentions of switching either one out.
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Re: Benefits of MSD Ignition with a 440-6 setup?
[Re: GTXKen]
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I would not use FBO
I know a few people that were using FBO and they had problems with them. I am using MSD dist. and MSD box on my 500hp 6-pack and love it.
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Re: Benefits of MSD Ignition with a 440-6 setup?
[Re: dynorad]
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08/28/08 11:12 PM
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So which one would you recommend to me to pick for just the dist itself,the newer MP one or the MSD? thank you for your time.
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Re: Benefits of MSD Ignition with a 440-6 setup?
[Re: 383man]
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08/30/08 10:28 AM
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I know this is a basic question ... but could someone explain what "curving" the distributor does? And how this will affect timing/performance of the carb?
Thanks much.
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Re: Benefits of MSD Ignition with a 440-6 setup?
[Re: dg_dodge]
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08/30/08 10:55 AM
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Thanks all for the tips.
If I was to use MSD ignition, is timing set the same way as with Mopar electronic ignition? Would I be better off going with an MSD distributor to match the MSD ignition?
Anyone had any bad experiences with MSD??
DP--I just recently bought the MP distributor and installed on a 440 MSD 6AL setup. Works great. The latest MP distributors are now made by Mallory and they use a very easy to adjust base plate for setting the amount of centrifugal advance and acess to the springs. The older ones you had to weld and file the slots to adjust amount of advance--it was a pain. I discovered if you take out the heavy spring and just run it with one light spring the advance in all in by about 2500. You also easily adjust the amount so if you want 18 centrifigal (say, so you can have 18 intitial plus 18 in the dist for a total of 36) its all done by easy trial and error. You get to making these adjustments in about 5 minutes after doing it the first time. Its not a bad distributor, and a whole lot less than the MSD.
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Re: Benefits of MSD Ignition with a 440-6 setup?
[Re: Pacnorthcuda]
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08/30/08 11:25 AM
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We've run engineering research dyno tests with MSD distributor vs. regular ignition on all different engines. No power increase.
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Re: Benefits of MSD Ignition with a 440-6 setup?
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08/30/08 11:57 AM
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I was wondering about quality of construction with the newer MP dist vs MSD?. On the regular ones I've went in & welded slots & then went in again & no mas.
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