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Joes924 Guest
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2001 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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Put 1 on today smoothed out any rough idle and delivers smooth strong power. pleased with the results.Picked up the msd6 with the soft touch rev control today from e-bay for 112.00 Ill show pics of installation
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marky522 Guest
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Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2001 3:26 am Post subject: |
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how much did it cost and was it worth the money?
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Joes924 Guest
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2001 5:11 am Post subject: |
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Yes its really worth it the coil is only 35.00 US I bought the rest of the stuff, msd6 and soft touch rev control on E-bay
go there.
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Patrick Guest
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Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2001 6:28 pm Post subject: |
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Change to larger (better) ignition wires at the same time for best result.
I've been running Accel 8 mm wires and a "2" coil for a couple of years in my cars and it works really well.
L8ta
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larso Guest
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 8:16 am Post subject: |
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bigger wires are better, yep but i think 8.5 or 8.0 (can't remember)is the limit, anything beyond that will not conduct as effecient they say cuz there is too much material to pass electricity through.
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924RACR
Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 8815 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA
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Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2001 9:51 am Post subject: |
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Yes, I have a Blaster 2 coil and MSD KV85 8.5mm wires on my racecar, love em. However, the improvement due to coil change is very likely in part due to a bad stock coil...
_________________ Vaughan Scott
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'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype |
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Manouchehr Guest
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Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2001 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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since we're on the subject...
How do you check the coil?
And did anyone of you fabricate their own ignition wires? If so....how?
Thanks!
Manouchehr 84 924
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larso Guest
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Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2001 9:58 am Post subject: |
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check it for resistance and voltage as described in Haynes, except the haynes specs are off for resistance in one part of the book. |
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Joes924 Guest
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2001 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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No the old coil is fine but the blaster was good but it wound up fast without burnen (combustion) so now that the msd 6 is worken its like alot healthier all the way through and I have to say I dont have to put my foot in it to get goin so .. Im happy once again.
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Joes924 Guest
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Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2001 2:53 pm Post subject: |
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No what it was , wasnt the old coil but my timing belt got stuck on the crank. just quite runnen it took me awhile to figure out the cam wasnt turnen when i tried to start it
the teeth on the cam belt were coming off all around the belt in spots of 3 or 4 1 and 2 and finally 6 and 7 teeth at a time it gave outstalling not turnen the crank so i think it ran a rough because of the changes in timing
whenever it hit a spot with out teeth its just floaten across it happend one day right when i got to work but before that it just stalled on me 1 or 2 and i lifted up the hood checked the battery and the transisterized ignition and started ut up .
This just means dont buy cheap belts OK
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Its my 924 ..and I like it/ 1979 924 Joe
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TroyDest Guest
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2001 7:55 am Post subject: |
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I made my own wires by using MSD long, straight plug boots and Taylor SpiroPro 8mm wires. They fit great, look great, and have very little resistance. The motor seemed to run slightly better with them.
Hey Vaughan. Are you running an MSD coil on your 931? Does it affect the Digital Ignition System at all?
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924RACR
Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 8815 Location: Royal Oak, MI, USA
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Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2001 8:38 am Post subject: |
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No, the 931 ignition is still all stock (original) stuff - haven't gotten to messing with that. However, I'd say that, on a Series II turbo, there's basically no need for an MSD system... IMO...
I did just recently put a Permatune CD ignition on the racecar... it's nicer than the MSD's in that it's a plug-n-play replacement - plugs into the stock wiring harness, no need for much modification at all. Downside, it cost much more. Porsche used the Permatune ignition on some early-80's 911's, BTW.
One downside sometimes of installing a good aftermarket CD ignition is that they can bring out and make more apparent problems in what remains of the stock system. I found this to be the case with my racecar after intalling the Permatune; screaming down the back straight at Mid-Ohio, the engine has an occasional misfire at about 5000rpm. It continues to pull strong through, revving up to about 100mph going into the braking zone. It just does suck to lose that bit of pull... I believe it's due to a bad signal wire from the distributor to the ignition unit
_________________ Vaughan Scott
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'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype |
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larso Guest
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2001 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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Maybe there's some radio station near the track that's interupting your signal LOL.
So are these MSD ignitions any good? coils? do they do anything at all?
MSD doesn't have anything like Jacobs where it's variable do they.
I heard that the MSD and Jacobs ignitions eat your spark plugs up more since they give off more powerful spark...cause any problems on track like that? |
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Joes924 Guest
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Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2001 12:51 pm Post subject: |
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yea thats what I got taylor spiral core 8mm
the red ones there really fat
and do they eat plugs dont know gonna pull mine thgis weekend and check I opened up the gap a bunch though... |
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Joes924 Guest
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2001 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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No plugs are fine |
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