Why can't i mount a msd blaster 2 horizontal?

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Got a call from a buddy just theother day about his new coil leaking oil....

Yes OE coils are oil filled but apparently the technology to seal the coil is not cost effective for the manufacturer...

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Fixed.

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i would like to save the 47 dollars cuz i alerady have the oil filled one .

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The older MSD coils were sealed.. They have cheapened the product..

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Does a hotter coil really make any difference with the mopar ECU? What would be the best parts jobber unit out there?

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Actually the ECU is pretty much just a (coil pri) switch and keeps a constant 42 degrees of dwell. the real power is in coil/ballast selection and the best is an no ballast full 12V E coil and a common parts house 4 pin Mopar replacement ECU or better is a '75 350 chebby HEI OE module or an aftermarket HEI module if OK w non Mopar stuff and can mount the HEI on an alum plate w dielectric grease under the dist hidden as all cheby parts should be. Then dial the dist initial (vac ga method)/total/springs/vac adv IN ORDER and you'll have a killer setup & note "initial" and "total" set w vac adv disconnected/plugged

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The older MSD coils were sealed.. They have cheapened the product..

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So is there a warning on the MSD package for the store display, shipping, storage, etc., ???

I have one older MSD Blaster that's been on a CHB4 intake manifold horizontal for 7 years now with no problem but as you said the older ones were not a problem.....I have a new one in the "blister" pack that's been laying on its side for five months now in the shop ........yikes gotta run and check it out and see if the oil is leaking



How do we know which ones might leak?


MikeR

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How do we know which ones might leak?

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How do we know which ones might leak?

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Call Don at FBO & in the meantime go from the prob to the solution w a bracket like Andy's

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No I'll need to buy another brand or type of higher performance than stock coil that mounts horizontal. Used it because I wanted it to look stock in the past and was going to use it on the GTX for the same reason. This is an older MSD Blaster on my '68 rr painted black, on an Edelbrock aluminum CHB4, (Edelbrock and numbers ground off ) with an electronic distributor with the ECU mounted inside under the dash and the ECU wiring run inside of the stock wiring harness and through the bulkhead junction (red wire). That's a Holley SA under there with a nice cam and kind of stock looking. Doing the same with the '69 GTX so I need to figure out if the MSD Blaster I have now will work?

MikeR