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by paulmanta
Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:21 pm
Forum: Electrical & Ignition Area
Topic: Best Spark plugs to use, and gap :
Replies: 8
Views: 2933

Thanks for the info on the Iridium plugs, I am using a full MSD system so will not be putting them in the engine now. Reading the MSD tech site is interesting, The techs seem to be on the ball with most stuff including a guy who is doing a cut and shut to shorten his dizzy, interesting reading if yo...
by paulmanta
Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:40 pm
Forum: Electrical & Ignition Area
Topic: Best Spark plugs to use, and gap :
Replies: 8
Views: 2933

Thanks for that, i will go ahead and get them, i was told about them on another forum but wanted to check before i spend a mint on 8 plugs !!
by paulmanta
Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:59 pm
Forum: Electrical & Ignition Area
Topic: Best Spark plugs to use, and gap :
Replies: 8
Views: 2933

Am considering these.....NGK BPR6EIX they are iridium apparently, anyone else using them ?
by paulmanta
Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:03 pm
Forum: Electrical & Ignition Area
Topic: Best Spark plugs to use, and gap :
Replies: 8
Views: 2933

Best Spark plugs to use, and gap :

I am running a Rover V8 3.5 with a compression ratio of 10:1, it has a full MSD ignition system (6T and billet dizzy) it also has a edelbrock 500cfm carb and an offenhauser 360 inlet, exhaust manifolds are fairly free flowing tube 4-2-1 system with a balance pipe about a 3rd of the way down the syst...
by paulmanta
Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:12 pm
Forum: Electrical & Ignition Area
Topic: MSD Ignition questions.
Replies: 6
Views: 2109

A bit of lengthy googling may have sorted it, will try tomorrow but it seems the brown or white wire on the GM ignitions is the Tach output, You check for a 1 to 5 volt signal when the car is running. I have a spare white wire so i will test this, funny as the MSD6A i had the white wire was left unc...
by paulmanta
Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:21 pm
Forum: Electrical & Ignition Area
Topic: MSD Ignition questions.
Replies: 6
Views: 2109

Thats what i thought but the multiple sparks seem to confuse the hell out of the rev counter, MSD themselves say not to do this.but what are the other options?

Like i said the 6A had a spade connector in the body of the unit you just plug the green wire into, this is not on the 6T.
by paulmanta
Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:49 am
Forum: Electrical & Ignition Area
Topic: MSD Ignition questions.
Replies: 6
Views: 2109

MSD Ignition questions.

I am running a Rover V8 in my 1986 Opel Manta, I have just removed the standard dizzy and an MSD6A and am replacing the complete ignition system, the spec is MSD billet Distributor (PN8548) hooked up to a "GM Heavy duty ignition" essentially an MSD6T, this is in turn hooked up via the 4 pin plug to ...
by paulmanta
Tue Nov 21, 2006 9:19 pm
Forum: General Chat Area
Topic: Welcome To The New Forum.
Replies: 35
Views: 16907

I think the new look is cleaner, less cluttered looking, only prob i have is that i was saving someones number in my messages folder and hadnt copied across to the real world, do the messages still exist somewhere ? my user name is the same.

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