MSD "ready to run" system

[Car Nut]

 

[rumblefish360]

I wanna out this out there, @Carnut68 , again, thanks for the posts.
But has anyone surfed his link to 4secondsflat?
He has a bunch of really helpful stuff. He used to post here a bit. Don, the owner is a good fella and a MoPar nut racing his A body Barracuda in the northwest. He is quite the helpful fella.

 

[harrisonm]

Anyone installed this using an existing engine wiring harness with ECU? I've been tolds its much easier and simplier to run a new harness with the ol ignition point system, connecting the 2 ballast wires together using this as your 12V switched power to the coil.
Any help out there is much appreciated.

Yes. I installed the MSD system (including MSD wires) in my 69 Barracuda with a moderately modified 340. I followed MSD's suggestion of bypassing the ballast as mentioned by @abodyjoe. The improvement was marked. Instant starts, better idle and better throttle response. It's been about 4 years, and there have been no problems.

i have one in our dart. i pulled the ballast out, connected all the wires that went to the ballast and added a wire from that connection that rins to the dist.

Totally agree.

My MSD left me stranded. Only a few months old. I am going to rewire it so I can run the MSD but Have the older wiring so I can plug in the stock system if left stranded again.

I am truly sorry that happened to you. Mine has worked flawlessly.

 

[rumblefish360]

I am truly sorry that happened to you. Mine has worked flawlessly.

My MSD-6A boxes were straight garbage.
The MSD & Pace - RTR distributor has been very good so far.
Zero issues.

 

[Kendog 170]

I will say I bought my box 1 1/2 years before using while stock piling parts during my build. I explained this to MSD as I only installed and used a couple of months. I was expecting to get charged for the repair but they did take care of it for me.