whats the difference??
 

hey guys/gals i was just woundering what the difference is between the MSD 6, and the MSD 6AL ignition boxes i am gunna get one but not sure what one to get or what one is better?? i am not a big dragger but i do go maybe once a year if that makes any difference

thanks anything will help
-mike or whitepony

The MSD 6AL as a adjustable "soft-touch" rev-limter that drops spark instead of fuel.

I prefer the 6AL to the 6A. It's only I a little bit more.



-Josh, aka the tireburner

I wil 2nd. that

ok thanks i was going to get the AL but wasnt sure if it would be better or not. now i dont know much about the ignitions so with the adj. will that effect the way i **** or ont i have a 5 speed. and is there anything else i should know

thanks
-mike

ok guys i am getting the AL but when i put it in can i just hook it up or do i have to set it and stuff like that. i would think i have to set it up and if so what at and how??
thanks
-mike

The only hard part about hooking up the MSD is find a place to mount it.

They sell a direct plug in for mustangs so you don't have to splice at all and its well worth the like $10.

hey thanks i orderd that wireing set up with my msd
but what i just hook it up and mount it and thast it no fine tunning anything or adjusting the msd box or anything like that

thanks
-mike

Nope a simple plug in and go.

thanks sedanman if i have any problems i'll post again but i am sure i wont.
thanks
-mike

The harness just makes more of mess in my opinion. Im done with MSD boxes, just switched over to Mallory.

Ouch, I am the other way. Mallory is junk in my opinion. I had one go bad in nothing flat. My freind bought the new "bad *** one" and it was bad out of the box, ordered another one from summit and sent the first one back and the second was a POS too, sent it back and went with MSD. I have just saw/heard of way to many problems with mallory. Good luck with it.

My digital 6 would bang the limiter no matter where i set it at.

1st day at track yesterday....worked flawless. Fresh box went 10.7's@125

this may be a stupid question but what does the rev limiter do in the msd box? oh and will this box work with a t-5 should have asked that from the start
thanks
-mike

Yeah it will have no problems with the T5 or a auto if you ever switch.

The rev limiter is a feature that cuts the spark to cylinders in a alternate pattern (to prevent gas building up in the chamber it basicly fires the odds then the evens) by doing this it stops the motor from reving. So if you set it at 5,000 rpms you can floor it in neutral and it will rev to 5,000 then stop. This prevents damage to your motor if you miss a gear or something. It becomes really important as the power levels go up.

What the rev limiter does is stop you from over revving your motor. When you buy the MSD 6AL it come with chips with RPM on them like 3000 6500 7000. what ever chip you put in. it will not rev pass that RPM. you could put a 3000 chip in it to test it. Stand on it and it will hit the rev limiter at 3000. MSD 6AL has nothing to do with your trans.

Yes, and dont sit at the line on the limiter for 20 seconds either. Its not the best thing for your motor.

thanks guys for all the help i have got the msd 6al box and wiring kit just waiting till the weekend to hook her up.
thanks for all the help agian

thanks
-mike