BACKGROUND
I always thought that I had a nice stock ignition system... everything was good. Then yesterday i saw in the classifieds an MSD 6AL used for 120, and blaster SS coils for 40 in the advertising insert so I thought what the hell, and picked up the 6AL from a toyota dude across town. When I got there this dude had a truck engine all taken apart in his kitchen. lol... and his girlfriend looked pissed.
he handed me the MSD, a pile of papers, and an tach adapter! I didnt even use that... anyone needin one? So I bought it and got in my car take off. So I'm sitting in front of dudes house, and car wouldn'tt fire up. This had only happened once or twice before when my ignitior aka icm crapped out... but this time it would have been hilarious if my ignition died seconds after buying a replacement! ...oh well, iit fired up on the thrid try after waiting a minute. So I get home and start installing it..
INSTALL
was a little tricky because the small red wire actually hooks into two different accord wires... so it took a little time looking online for why it wasnt working the first try. Sadly it was a 4 hour job for me between going to the store for an external coil cap and rotor and electrical connectors and heat shrink wrap and making a cold crimps. I was without soldering tools, and all the wires happened to be just 3 or 4 inches short
inst: this is all over the net already, but here is my version (92-93 4th gen honda accord with external coil ignition):
1. thin white msd wire to green wire coming out of the distributor.
2. place two short wires with spade connectors crimped on the end to into the sockets in the pigtail that connects the distributor to the external coil. use the sockets that connect to the black/yellow and thick yellow wires of the connector. The two free ends of the two wires will connect to the thin red wire.
3. and that was the hardest part. see the sticker on the back of your MSD for the rest of the wire connections.
DRIVING EXPERIENCE
well finally she fired right up. Quicker than usual on the start up. And my idle was smoother. I have misfires when I start up cold because of a combination of the delta 272 regrind, poor tuning, and apperently a sub-optimal ignition. With this msd it was having fewer hiccups... really I could notice this immediately. faster startup, and better idle. After driving 60 miles so far, the best way to describe the improvement is throttle response. I no longer dog down after upshifting. There is immediate pickup going into 5th. And one of the coolest features is the soft rev limiter. When I hold down the throttle, I dont go over 6200, which is just a . below redline. Dude only had one resistor for the MSD, and it was 6000RPM. It works for me. It will save my engine from a careless rev, and I will feel a little better about letting friends drive it. There is probably still power up there, i know there is because I have definetly gone up to 7200 in a race and it's the only way i beat H22 preludes or 6th gens
I always thought that I had a nice stock ignition system... everything was good. Then yesterday i saw in the classifieds an MSD 6AL used for 120, and blaster SS coils for 40 in the advertising insert so I thought what the hell, and picked up the 6AL from a toyota dude across town. When I got there this dude had a truck engine all taken apart in his kitchen. lol... and his girlfriend looked pissed.
he handed me the MSD, a pile of papers, and an tach adapter! I didnt even use that... anyone needin one? So I bought it and got in my car take off. So I'm sitting in front of dudes house, and car wouldn'tt fire up. This had only happened once or twice before when my ignitior aka icm crapped out... but this time it would have been hilarious if my ignition died seconds after buying a replacement! ...oh well, iit fired up on the thrid try after waiting a minute. So I get home and start installing it..INSTALL
was a little tricky because the small red wire actually hooks into two different accord wires... so it took a little time looking online for why it wasnt working the first try. Sadly it was a 4 hour job for me between going to the store for an external coil cap and rotor and electrical connectors and heat shrink wrap and making a cold crimps. I was without soldering tools, and all the wires happened to be just 3 or 4 inches short
inst: this is all over the net already, but here is my version (92-93 4th gen honda accord with external coil ignition):
1. thin white msd wire to green wire coming out of the distributor.
2. place two short wires with spade connectors crimped on the end to into the sockets in the pigtail that connects the distributor to the external coil. use the sockets that connect to the black/yellow and thick yellow wires of the connector. The two free ends of the two wires will connect to the thin red wire.
3. and that was the hardest part. see the sticker on the back of your MSD for the rest of the wire connections.
DRIVING EXPERIENCE
well finally she fired right up. Quicker than usual on the start up. And my idle was smoother. I have misfires when I start up cold because of a combination of the delta 272 regrind, poor tuning, and apperently a sub-optimal ignition. With this msd it was having fewer hiccups... really I could notice this immediately. faster startup, and better idle. After driving 60 miles so far, the best way to describe the improvement is throttle response. I no longer dog down after upshifting. There is immediate pickup going into 5th. And one of the coolest features is the soft rev limiter. When I hold down the throttle, I dont go over 6200, which is just a . below redline. Dude only had one resistor for the MSD, and it was 6000RPM. It works for me. It will save my engine from a careless rev, and I will feel a little better about letting friends drive it. There is probably still power up there, i know there is because I have definetly gone up to 7200 in a race and it's the only way i beat H22 preludes or 6th gens
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