HEI Corrected cap with MSD Ignition
#1
HEI Corrected cap with MSD Ignition
I was wondering if anyone has used a corrected distributor cap with a high voltage setup? I have an Accel HEI Corrected cap mounted on my 350 and I just purchased a 6al MSD box. It ran great for about a day and now it runs like I am getting alot of cross igniting. I removed the cap and I see there is a wire visible above the epoxy resin on the inside of the cap. I am wondering if maybe the cap was only designed for a low voltage setup? Has anyone encountered a similar problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really liked the difference the 6al made and I don't want to take it back. Maybe I should just switch back to the normal cap.
Thanks,
Justin
Thanks,
Justin
#2
I was wondering if anyone has used a corrected distributor cap with a high voltage setup? I have an Accel HEI Corrected cap mounted on my 350 and I just purchased a 6al MSD box. It ran great for about a day and now it runs like I am getting alot of cross igniting. I removed the cap and I see there is a wire visible above the epoxy resin on the inside of the cap. I am wondering if maybe the cap was only designed for a low voltage setup? Has anyone encountered a similar problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I really liked the difference the 6al made and I don't want to take it back. Maybe I should just switch back to the normal cap.
Thanks,
Justin
Thanks,
Justin
#7
Yeah, it's really something a high end show car owner would worry about, but they don't drive their cars much.
Last edited by 1971BB427; 06-27-2011 at 09:45 PM.
#8
Just wanted to let you guys know that the cap was not at fault for my car running like crap. I had to change my distributor today. It was all worn from the vacuum advance springs to the worn gear on the bottom of the distributor. There was about 1/4 inch up and down play on my rotor button which was digging into the underside of the cap. Exchanged cap and bought an Accel Hei distributor. Runs awsome now and I just wanted to clear things up so I didn't mislead or discourage anyone. Thanks for all the advice.
#10
Okay well it turns out you were right. I will never use one of those corrected distributor caps again! After the third one that faulted instantly I went back to the original cap. I can't believe I was so stupid to keep wasting time with that stupid thing! But hey, it looked real pretty sitting in the driveway.