distributor?

[sean]

i bought tealy (jordan's) wire harness. my ? is does anybody remeber what distributor he used? or what would be one of the best msd distributor to buy?

 

[Tooky]

Re: distributor?

Search on the MSD distributor, people have had some serious problems with them. I'd suggest sticking with the factory distributor.

 

[scotts4]

Re: distributor?

stay with the stocker just rebuild yours nake it new again thats what i did

 

[Typhoonracer]

Re: distributor?

Trouble wit hthe MSD Dist??
I have not had a single issue with mine...

I did have to modify it to work with the 772 heads because of the height issue of the intake manifold.
and it came with the better ign modual...

Well Good luck what ever you choose to do...

 

[sean]

Re: distributor?

what is the part # from gm for the stock. which msd will work the best

 

[SeattleSy#1255]

Re: distributor?

stick with the stocker is my vote as well.

 

[scotts4]

Re: distributor?

i might have a stocker laying around i will check all you would need to do is get a new pick up coil and modeule (spelling) and redo it it would be like new

 

[Tooky]

Re: distributor?

Steve, ask John Gerber (WindedV6) about his experiences with the MSD distributor. I think it may have cost him a motor (can't remember for sure) but I do believe it was randomly advancing his timing and MSD basically said "hmm, sorry".

I believe you when you say you have had good experiences with it. But my point of view is, the stock one is known to work, the MSD one costs 3 times as much and is also known to work but has 1 anecdotal story of major failure. Given that MSD has no proven benefits, and a much higher cost and a small increase in risk, I found the decision very easy to make. Right now I have a $10 eBay 4.3L Sonoma distributor in mine, works just as well as the stock one did (I replaced it trying to chase false knock and when it didn't solve it, I just left it in.)