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"Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) #2674229
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My engine is breaking up at around 3k rpm.

I changed the plugs, wires, cap, rotor, and swapped out my msd 6al box with a buddys. Still having the same issue. Any advice?
The only thing I have not done is adjusted the rocker arms (1.5).

Has anyone else experienced this? Besides this issue it is running great.



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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: WS68SSC] #2674235
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I was tracking a problem myself when i found this thread

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/15704/1.html

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Dart451] #2674242
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Do you run a crank trigger?

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Sammy] #2674247
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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: WS68SSC] #2674252
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Rotor phasing OK?


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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: RapidRobert] #2674258
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my problem manifested itself when upgrading to msd digital 6 plus. at the time I was triggering from the distributor, mopar. I could not get it to run clean . swapped pickup wires new cap rotor plugs, nothing helped. another distributor was no help either. I bit the bullet and went crank trigger. voila everything back to normal. msd digital stuff just doesn't seem to like mopar pickups. 470 15 to 1 race motor alcohol.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: WS68SSC] #2674320
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As the first reply from Dart451 suggested take a look at that thread. Good info on MSD electrical interference problems. I had the same issue with my digital 6AL box that went away with the installation is a shielded trigger wire from MSD. I personally think that is what MSD should supply with all of their ignition boxes as standard equipment.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Kevin Kowalski] #2674368
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Try rolling all the “knobs” back to zero.


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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: WS68SSC] #2674386
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Check to make sure you dont have the pick up wires swapped......


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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: WS68SSC] #2674442
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Just to be clear, the Violet wire on the MSD connects to the White/Orange on the mopar distributor and the green wire to black.




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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: sr4440] #2674644
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The cable is shielded. The wiring is correct.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: WS68SSC] #2674678
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Just as a matter of interest, I've recently hopefully solved a couple of issues in 2 different cars we have. 1 was the ign switch on our '68 sb Barracuda, it was so worn vibration would turn the main feed on and off, it pays to check the simple stuff.
The other was a crank trigger on the Challenger, This "went away" slowly getting worse after 6 passes or so. Closing the gap to .035" helped but that's way below MSDs min spec of 0.050 and it seemed reluctant to pull more than 6500 ish rpm. Hoping for good things now it's fixed as it ran a 9.59 @ 141 which is good for the 572 engine.


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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Tig] #2674727
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I had an issue with the engine, BB, breaking up around 6000 rpm. At first the engine was fine, ran good. Then I cleaned up the wiring routes, sorta put them close together to clean up the engine bay. Motor started missing, didnt realize until allot of Excedrine later that I had routed the pickup wires along side the alternator wires. Moved them back apart, added the shielded cable, miss went away. Now Im not sure if the shielded cable did it or just moving them away from each other did it. But, the miss was gone. You may just check the routing of your wires, trigger wire away from ANY wires. Wrap it in tin foil to jus check to see if that may be the problem. My 2 cents.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Dodgeguy101] #2674766
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Don't rule out a soft valve spring.
I went through ignition and fuel systems , and finally that was the culprit.
It was a little higher rpm , but behaved just like you describe.
The car left and pulled to about 5100 and it sounded just about like it was banging off the chip.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: tubtar] #2677859
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Still fighting my issue I added the shielded trigger wire, did distributor mod and changed tach but still missing and having the shifter change gears to soon (elite rpm switch from digital display). Going to try replacing the digital 6 box with 6al that I ran trouble free last year and see if problem fixes itself.

I added nitrous this year and wanted the digital box to pull timing when spraying, only reason I changed from 6al box.

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Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Dart451] #2677879
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Originally Posted by Dart451
Still fighting my issue I added the shielded trigger wire, did distributor mod and changed tach but still missing and having the shifter change gears to soon (elite rpm switch from digital display). Going to try replacing the digital 6 box with 6al that I ran trouble free last year and see if problem fixes itself.

I added nitrous this year and wanted the digital box to pull timing when spraying, only reason I changed from 6al box.



Double check your settings on the digital 6 box.
I'm sure you got one or more of the dials wrong.
Make sure you are absolutely sure you have the dial on 8 cylinder setting.
It can be confusing.
I bet the box is set wrong.
Also check your high speed rev limit on the dial.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Dart451] #2677893
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Originally Posted by Dart451
Still fighting my issue I added the shielded trigger wire, did distributor mod and changed tach but still missing and having the shifter change gears to soon (elite rpm switch from digital display). Going to try replacing the digital 6 box with 6al that I ran trouble free last year and see if problem fixes itself.

I added nitrous this year and wanted the digital box to pull timing when spraying, only reason I changed from 6al box.


I've had more than one digital box go bad, I keep my standby 6AL to plug in just to check if its the digital box that failed.
When my digital went bad i had no spark at all, It's Really quite frustrating when the digital boxes go bad.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Sammy] #2677896
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I checked the settings last night it's confusing have it on 6 for 8cylinder starter delay active.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Sammy] #2677984
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Originally Posted by Sammy
Originally Posted by Dart451
Still fighting my issue I added the shielded trigger wire, did distributor mod and changed tach but still missing and having the shifter change gears to soon (elite rpm switch from digital display). Going to try replacing the digital 6 box with 6al that I ran trouble free last year and see if problem fixes itself.

I added nitrous this year and wanted the digital box to pull timing when spraying, only reason I changed from 6al box.



Double check your settings on the digital 6 box.
I'm sure you got one or more of the dials wrong.
Make sure you are absolutely sure you have the dial on 8 cylinder setting.
It can be confusing.
I bet the box is set wrong.
Also check your high speed rev limit on the dial.



Now check where you have you high speed rev limiter at.

Re: "Breaking up" at 3k rpm (help) [Re: Sammy] #2678094
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High speed set at 7100
shifter set at 6700 shift light set 6700
Some reason it would bang the shifter 2 then 3 almost instantly at wot and shift light never come on. Turned the shifter and shift light down to 6300 and almost instant 2 then 3 shift no light and everytime wot would start missing after a couple seconds

I just put the old 6AL box back in and everything is fine again. Shifts on cue with shift light at correct rpm
Need a way to pull timing when spraying now. Will see if I can return digital 6 with only 4 passes at track and 4 street miles.

Glad I live in sticks and can pull out of drive with open headers

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