Msd

[jyoungblood87]

Right now im gathering MSD parts for a MSD setup...but i dont where i could install the coil at and the ignition box...i gotta 92 ex accord...

[Leung]

i think most people who install that, have a cone style air filter. you'll probably want to remove the air box/resonator and all that jazz just to install it to the left of the engine.

[NAiL05]

Not reallly worth it if your running a stock setup. The stock ignition is good enough. But most people that I have seen mount it toward the firewall if not the passenger side fender area.

[dark accord]

ive relocated my battery to the trunk and put my msd box and coil where my battery used to be. i saw a good gain with mine, especially in the top end.

[qbodsyt]

ive relocated my battery to the trunk and put it where my battery used to be. i saw a good gain with mine, especially in the top end.

did you go with an MSD 6A system? I'm really interested in doing that. Glad to finally hear something from someone who actually has an MSD....

[h22sparkle]

ive relocated my battery to the trunk and put my msd box and coil where my battery used to be. i saw a good gain with mine, especially in the top end.

this is the shit i dont understand sure the battery has more looks under the bay but why put it to the back thinking its really gonna make much of a difference. Why even do this task??? what point is it to do this.

[dark accord]

yes i used the 6a box with a blaster 2 coil. the reason i moved my battery was to have some place to put all of my fire dept siren and things. i didnt do it for any other reason than just to make space.

[jdm4doorcb7]

i got a msd blaster ss coil on mine i put it on the left side fender wall

[bjaccord]

this is the shit i dont understand sure the battery has more looks under the bay but why put it to the back thinking its really gonna make much of a difference. Why even do this task??? what point is it to do this.

Why don't you use proper grammar and punctuation?


People put there batteries in the back for many reasons, just because you don't need to, doesn't mean others can't.


As far as the MSD, I'll quote myself from another thread

With the MSD digital 6 and Blaster SS coil I was able to keep a stock spark plug gap up to about 9 psi (.43-.45) then above that I had to drop it down to about .36-.39

This was on the zfr6a-11's, only one step colder than stock.

Most others on stock ignition, gap there plugs around .29

If you can maintain a larger gap, you will have a more complete burn.

This is of course with turbo applications. L8r

[dark accord]

Why don't you use proper grammar and punctuation?


People put there batteries in the back for many reasons, just because you don't need to, doesn't mean others can't.


As far as the MSD, I'll quote myself from another thread




This is of course with turbo applications. L8r

THANK YOU!

very well said by the way. i need to gap my plugs a lil bit wider with my all motor set up. im not getting a complete burn and its causing me to run a lil rich.

[91accord2dr]

im gonna get sum msd one day in the near furture thanx for bringin it up!

[jyoungblood87]

did you go with an MSD 6A system? I'm really interested in doing that. Glad to finally hear something from someone who actually has an MSD....

right now i have the MSD ignition box and the MSD cap...if i was u... i would go with the MSD 6AL ignition box because of the extra features of rev control and the two step launch control, etc... my boi has his MSD 6AL box installed in the glove box of his SI civic...looks great...i may go with that but it kills the space inside of the glove box....

[drkshdw107]

maybe this is getting a little off of the orignal topic...but why would you go down in gap for higher boost?

[bjaccord]

The extra cylinder pressure of added boost will make it more difficult to light off the plugs. The spark plugs are always fighting to light, but on a stock vehicle you won't have any problems. Most people that boost 6-8psi with a stock ignition are forced to run about a .29 gap, much smaller than stock, due to the higher cylinder pressures. This isn't so great for performance, the more spark (To a point obviously) the better.

My previous example of running a stock gap (.39-.45) @ 8psi can not be done with a stock ignition, atleast not that I've ever seen.

There is alot of other things to consider when you start boosting, once you start going higher with the boost different plugs will be used as well, and at the same time messing around with the spark plug gap.

The ideal way to figure out the best gap is to slowly gap your plugs wider, eventually they will start to misfire, then back them down about -.05.
Most people with even just bolt-ons won't notice anything with this, but as far as boosted people, the gains will be more dramatic. Be warned though, there is a point that you can mess up your stock ignition system, whether it be the coil or wires, with going to big with the gap, you can create alot of resistance and the oem stuff will be fighting very hard to light off the mix, so don't go nuts with it.

Also, it's pretty well known that actual driving will put more load on the motor than a dyno run. Last time I dyno tuned we played with the spark plug gap until we had it running smooth and pulling hard. On the drive home I got into it a bit and in the top of fourth, with more load on the motor, the spark started to "blow out". I had to close up the gap to about .36, this was at about 10psi, with one step colder plugs (ZFR6a-11's). So next time your on te dyno, and have your plugs gapped out, don' be surprised if they don't work as well on the way home.

Any other questions, let me know, I can try and answer them. L8r

[drkshdw107]

Thanks for the info BJ...that was very helpful...makes alot of sense.