[DeTomaso] MSD Box Location

[David & Marilyn Bell]

That sounds similar to the way my MSD is currently mounted in the engine compartment.  I've seen other MSD units mounted on a small shelf bolted on the lower right-hand side across from the exhaust header.  The MSD units are pretty rugged and rarely fail, as long as you don't weld on the car with one wired up (trust me on that one).  I've also never heard of problems with the MSD tach adaptor before - sounds like you may have an electrical glitch somewhere else in the circuit that's taking it out.

Dave Bell

-----Original Message-----
From: bill gaino [mailto:gaino at earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 10:41 AM
To: David & Marilyn Bell; rick mcclure; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] MSD Box Location


I cut a plate of 1/4 thick aluminum and mounted it on one of the u bolts that hold the coolant hose on the passenger side, up high in the engine compartment, just under the right side cover. I also have my tach adapter mounted to the same plate. I belive the 7a boxes are safe, but I  not reccomend having a tach adapter in the cockpit because I have had 2 of them burn. I fuse my exiting one with a 3 amp fuse that blows about every 4 months.....but it always saves the adapter.
-----Original Message-----
>From: David & Marilyn Bell <davidabell at worldnet.att.net>
>Sent: Mar 19, 2007 10:02 AM
>To: rick mcclure <rickrows at hotmail.com>, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] MSD Box Location
>
>There is plenty of room to mount a MSD-6 or MSD-7 on the passenger
>compartment side of the firewall, underneath the upholstered firewall cover.
>That location makes for relatively short wiring runs to the engine bay and
>also insulates the MSD from water splash and from the direct heat source of
>the engine/headers.
>
>Having said that, my MSD unit has been mounted on the engine side of the
>firewall for 7 years and + 25k miles with no ill effects.  My planned
>addition of a water/oil intercooler will eventually force me to relocate the
>MSD (it happens to be mounted in exactly the wrong spot for that), at which
>point I'll just flip it around to the other side of the firewall.
>
>
>Dave Bell
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]On
>Behalf Of rick mcclure
>Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 8:09 AM
>To: detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: [DeTomaso] MSD Box Location
>
>Where is a good place to mount an MSD box?  I'd rather not put  it in the
>engine bay, the passenger compartment is small enough as it is, that leaves
>the front trunk, but that's a long ways from the distributor.  If mounted in
>front, where's the best place to run the wires?
>
>   Thanks,
>    Rick
>    2402
>    Tallahassee, FL
>
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