June 17th, 2018, 01:02 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: New Hampton,Iowa
Truck: 1966 1000 Wideside 1962 1500 Wideside 401 Magnum
Posts: 187
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Re: Need ignition upgrade help/advice.
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Originally Posted by massey478
5tractorguy, I put on an MSD6 and MSD coil on my 478 in the Massey tractor. The points in the distributor only act as a trigger so they do not wear like they do when running normally. It made a great difference, starts better, runs better, plugs stay cleaner with my larger jets. An MSD6al has rev limiter chip capability if you want that. There are many MSD units for sale on Ebay. I have bought five of them there to put on various pieces of equipment, cars and trucks I have. I have never run a Pertronix so I cannot offer a first hand experience to compare them to MSD. I just know we are very happy with the MSD system.
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+1 Dave. I would add to use premium wires.
Last edited by Quigley; June 17th, 2018 at 01:51 PM.
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