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dreracecar:
Or throw a magneto in it  and dont worry about it

Van:
Don't throw a mag on it and don't worry about it. Mags die & their coils do to. In the last 4 years I've seen at least 8 times a blown car came to the start line at Bakersfield and The mag was dead. There is a video on the 6.0 Altered site showing a mag coil going up in flames recently. Point is nothing is going to be 100% reliable.  I run a MSD 10  (ancient)
we recently did 6 startups and 5 runs & charged the battery once. I start and run on one 12 volt Optima. Some day I might run a mag again but not to just- not worry about it.

dreracecar:
20 years running and 1 coil,  20 years and 6 rounds won because the other guys ignition quit

masracingtd1167:

--- Quote from: grapro on July 26, 2016, 06:55:36 AM ---I have my car running again after changing out my latest new motor which only made 6 passes before my oil filter collapsed and starved the engine, not nice. But I seem to have a different problem with my new set up. When i apply the transbrake it seems to starve some power from the MSD box and it takes a second before the motor comes up to speed but only a short sec. I have tried  this without using the trans brake and there is no hesitation at all. My battery may have been a bit low but I've charged it since and have not tried it. Is it possible I was short of some voltage and it caused this or do I have to wire my brake directly into my battery as now it comes off the same main harness?

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   I just re read your post . With an MSD you should run a separate power wire to the box and a separate ground wire as well ! There seems to be a difference of opinion about what ignition to use but seeing that you have the MSD I would stick with it . I can't tell you witch one is better but I can say that the MSD that I use has worked very well ! 

JrFuel Hayden:
Van,  what mags were your buddies running went they came to start and they were dead ?  Mags with points ? Spud makes some better points for those mags.

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