Who's running an MSD Distributor?

I did call MSD, twice! and they have no reason for manufacturing them that way, they said that is just the way they had done it since prior to 1982. From the sound of the guys voice, I don't think they were aware that it was incorrect.

I also talked to Summit and he called me back twice after he got out several distributors to compare it to and he was kind of surprised how far off the MSD one is compared to the others, he also mentioned that their house brand is off as well but that makes sense since MSD makes their house brand.

I never ran an MSD distributor before, this is my first one. I had run Direct Connection distributors in the past and the one I like the best is my cast iron Direct Connection tach drive race distributor but I can not find a replacement pick up for it any more and the caps are getting hard to find so I figured it was time to upgrade to one that you can get parts for a little easier, I went with the MSD since it is a plug in with the 6al box, I didn't know of the alignment problem till I got this one.

The big problem with their dist. is if you install it the way it comes and don't move the gear, your #1 plug wire will be where the #4 wire is suppose to be on the cap.

I have since talked to some other guys and they said they won't run an MSD because of this. If I had only known, I would have chose a different brand myself.

I am debating whether I will just move the dist. gear or send all my MSD stuff back and buy from a company that knows what they are doing.

The problem with moving the gear is I have a bronze gear which is tighter than the standard gears so it won't come out as easy and I have a big fat blower in my way.