MSD Ignition

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » April 25th, 2006, 2:23 pm

my auto teachers got a msd igntion box for sale, its the 6a.

im 99.9% sure it will work with our cars. so my question is, how much is it worth?

Its in MINT condition, not a scratch on it, used once on a pontiac.

Thanks,
Bochek

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » April 25th, 2006, 4:15 pm

those go for about 230 cdn, how much can you get it for ? i'll be wanting a 6a eventually

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » April 25th, 2006, 4:31 pm

he wants 300 for it, and i mean its in MINT condition, not a scratch or fingerprint on it.

i was thinking id offer him like 225 - 250 for it

also, what msd coil is approperiate for the mx-3?

Bochek

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » April 25th, 2006, 4:41 pm

My bad, its about 270 new on driverfx

Id offer him 220, its still used he cant expect to get what he paid including taxes

almost any msd external coil will work with 6 series boxes, blaster 2 and blaster ss are the most popular i guess

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » April 25th, 2006, 4:48 pm

thoes where the 2 i was looking at, any advantages between the 2, or just your style?

Bochek

JWMX3 · Post by **JWMX3** » April 25th, 2006, 4:57 pm

http://www.msdignition.com/1coils.htm

theres all the specs

ariesdude · Post by **ariesdude** » April 25th, 2006, 6:38 pm

Ebay has them for $100-$150. My personal preference would be to go for MSD 6A or 6AL with MSD Blaster 2 coil and an external HEI module. 6AL has many different rev limiter chips that you can plug in - i think 6A has no rev limiter (with a max of 14k rpms). Its really easy to install in a SOHC - DOHC is a pain in the a$$ because you have to hack up the disty internals and modify the cap too. And finding a spot for all these is not so easy with the stock airbox (DOHC).

BuGS · Post by **BuGS** » April 26th, 2006, 11:11 pm

Actually the Blaster SS coil is the one reccommended for our cars, according to the MSD techs on the forum.

jorcool13 · Post by **jorcool13** » April 27th, 2006, 12:45 am

How does ignition works and how are they connected?

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » April 27th, 2006, 7:27 am

jorcool13 wrote:How does ignition works and how are they connected?

They go between the ecu and the ignition coil, it modifies the signal to the coil so instead of sparking, it more of arcs (at the sparkplug) not unlike a welding spark, the spark lasts for 20 degrees of crankshaft rotation.

This means that ALL of the fuel gets burnt. and you get complete combustion inside the cylinder.

Besides that some of them have other features too, like rev limiters exct.

Bochek

jorcool13 · Post by **jorcool13** » April 28th, 2006, 9:47 pm

What are the thing that we need on our 4 cylinder dohc engine to make it work?

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » April 29th, 2006, 7:28 am

as far as i know, it will work with just the msd box, nothing else, but a blaster SS coil would improve the system overall.

Bochek

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » May 2nd, 2006, 9:58 pm

getting it tomorow, ooo so excited!

Bochek

Bochek · Post by **Bochek** » May 4th, 2006, 7:38 pm

ooo i got it, its so nice, hopefully put it in tomorow! excited! MSD SS coild to come!

Bochek

jorcool13 · Post by **jorcool13** » May 11th, 2006, 12:52 am

I found this in EBAY what do you think? is it good? do you think it will work?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MSD-6A-w ... dZViewItem