Want to change over one of my drag cars to street/strip use. Keep thinking that the 7AL2 analog ignition and or the coil will not last street driving conditions. Is this correct?

I used one for about 5 yrs on my old demon, street- strip no problems.

Same thing on my old pump gas Duster, MSD 7 box that did die at the races with no warning or other troubles until it died i sent that box back to MSD to have them fix it and they told me it was in the inside wiring between the terminal strip and the components, and they didn't have any of those harness in stock back then, me thinks they wanted me to buy another new race box

I was told this also...Bought my Pro-Street Cuda that had 7AL2 in it in 1995.....Its still in there....So I guess the nay sayers were wrong. I do use a street coil with it.

Coil is supposed to be okay for extended use. MSD paperwork will tell you which ones.

I used the special early Mallory part # 28880 coil that MSD recommended for the 404B race boxes and used the same coil with he MSD stickers on them later on both the 7 and 7A and the 7AL2 race boxes on the street with no issues. I did end up using the small little red coils MSD switch to later, they worked fine on the streets also

I've run nothing but 7 series boxes on the street from the mid 1970 to today.The 7AL3 that is in the gtx has been in there since they first came out.I had a problem in the 90's and sent it back and they just sent me a new one.Never a problem...

start up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3fvw8zZHh4

Using the 7AL with a street coil defeats the purpose of the 7AL - the bigger coil like the HVC series pulls more current than the Street - strip coils like the Blaster - if you run a 7AL with the smaller coil you are getting the same output of spark as a 6AL with the same coil. I would see no reason the 7AL could not live on the street with a smaller coil or even the bigger coil as long as you keep the heat away from the box, Heat is what kills the boxes usually - also a bad ground or low voltage will do them as they need a solid 12+ volts to survive .

Thanks for all the info!