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have u checked out clifford performance? 4bbl intake 2x3 exhaust manifolds cam? do you wanna tear the motor down or just "freshen it up"?

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Yes, but I JUST want to know if MSD is worth the money

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Is MSD worth it? $400 is alot of money

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RapidRobert is right, while the MSD has a lot stronger spark, it's a lot of money for little noticable improvement on a bone stock engine. The largest performance/economy gain for the least $ on these motors, involves re-curving the stock distributor, so you have less mechanical advance and can give it more initial timing, increase the compression and install electronic ignition of some sort.

You can install the Pertronix point replacement kit for reasonably cheap, or go with the Mopar style electronic ignition from a junk yard. I used Pertronics with the stock coil and no ballast resistor. It works great.

The motors are also very sensitive to valve adjustments and vacuum leaks. Make sure your's is right on the numbers and doesn't have any leaks. Set the valve lash with it running at low RPM.

For the $400 you would spend on MSD, you can pull the head, have .080 or .100 cut off of it, hand lap the valves, install new seals, install a fresh timing chain & gears, recurve the dizzy, install Pertronics and have a noticable performance/milage increase and maybe even have $ left over.

The how-to for all these tips is available by searching the archives at Slantsix.org.

It's the mecca for Slant sixers, and word there is to stay far away from Clifford!

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Thank you, but why so negative on Clifford?

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Thank you, but why so negative on Clifford?

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Clifford's business practices are hit and miss. You will order parts that may or may not actually be in stock, and can wait up to 6 months to get them. They will charge your credit card though, even after telling you they won't.

Clifford has 2 Slant pieces that are worth a crap. One is their shorty headers for the early A body, the other is their standard 4bbl intake. Watch the internet and you can usually find both for less money than buying from Clifford.

Be careful with Petronix also. Their quality has really taken a nose dive lately.

What MSD are you looking at for $400? Last 6A-L I bought was $179.

I love it. You can not give me a Mopar electronic ignition kit. For my purposes the difference is night and day.

When I was still driving my junk on the street as a daily driver MP ignition would foul plugs at startup below 45 degrees. The MSD would keep them clean at -10*.

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If your ignition is working up to par there is no power advantage the high dollar ignition systems. Just more bells and whistles.

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you dont need the 6AL...the 6A is just fine. Install a blaster 2 coil. You will like the added power, on a slant, every little bit helps. Stay away from Clifford itself but if you find their parts or Offenhauser on ebay or at a swapmeet, look into buying it. I went from a 1bbl Holley to a 2bbl Holley from a 318. Then I upgraded to a cast iron 2bbl with a Holley 2bbl 500cfm. Overall... aim for a 390cfm Holley for a stock motor....I ended up with a heavily modded slant and had a 500cfm edelbrock 4bbl on a 4bbl Offy Aluminum manifold, with Clifford Tri-Y's but that was bought from Clifford itself in 2001 when they still had customer service. Dutra Duals will give you a little bit more OOMPH! and are more easily acquired from Doug Dutra at www.slantsix.org

Back to the MSD...I say go for it if you plan on keeping the car, if you ever want to get in deeper with the slant there are plenty of options. Anything is better than points and we have all had our run ins with the Orange / Chrome box from Mopar...I don't wish those damn things on anyone...

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Why MSD? Don't fall for the marketing hype, there a several other ignitions that offer more for less money. I prefer the Mallory HyFire 6 units on my modified motors and the MP chrome ECU on stockers.

Don't expect a huge increase in mileage with an electronic ignition.
About the only time electronic will give more mileage over the OEM points set up is when the points get dirty and need changing.

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I'm mostly iinterested in multi spark, or at least a hotter one. Any addittional info on the Hyfire? Never heard of it.

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you dont need the 6AL...the 6A is just fine. Install a blaster 2 coil. You will like the added power, on a slant, every little bit helps. Stay away from Clifford itself but if you find their parts or Offenhauser on ebay or at a swapmeet, look into buying it. I went from a 1bbl Holley to a 2bbl Holley from a 318. Then I upgraded to a cast iron 2bbl with a Holley 2bbl 500cfm. Overall... aim for a 390cfm Holley for a stock motor....I ended up with a heavily modded slant and had a 500cfm edelbrock 4bbl on a 4bbl Offy Aluminum manifold, with Clifford Tri-Y's but that was bought from Clifford itself in 2001 when they still had customer service. Dutra Duals will give you a little bit more OOMPH! and are more easily acquired from Doug Dutra at www.slantsix.org

Back to the MSD...I say go for it if you plan on keeping the car, if you ever want to get in deeper with the slant there are plenty of options. Anything is better than points and we have all had our run ins with the Orange / Chrome box from Mopar...I don't wish those damn things on anyone...

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What is the difference in the 6A and 6Al controller, also what excactly is a blaster coil? I've heard of blaster coils, I've seen them, don't know a thing about them.

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