Crane Ignition vs MSD ignition

TrickFlow

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Im wondering about the pros and cons to these two ignition systems. I know that you get what you pay for, but i dont know if that holds true with these as well. I know MSD has alot of matching components, but i saw in the summit mag this weekend, that crane is catching up. Anyone have any experience with these two? crane is about 160 bucks, and the msd is 230 bucks.

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Crane system: http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=/egnsearch.asp&N=400078

MSD 6AL: http://store.summitracing.com/default.asp?target=/egnsearch.asp&N=400122

 

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ss93cobra

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Did you try doing a search on this forum? Crane seems to be the better of the two hands down. Lots of complaining about MSD being junk, so and and so forth, Crane being a very good system, etc. Personally, my Crane system's been on since 12/03 with NO problems at all.

 

TrickFlow

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i did do a search, but didnt see what i was lookin for to be honest. i did just see this thread http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=551806 which helped me clear alot up. i think out of what i read this far, ill save the extra 70 bucks, and get the crane unit, thanks, i appreciate it.

 

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ss93cobra

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At least you've been able to make a decision then. I recall seeing at least 1 thread every couple weeks on the Crane vs. MSD vs. Jacobs vs. Accel subject. Not trying to come across as giving you b.s. about doing a search either, I figured I'd mention it since you didn't say you'd done one.

 

TrickFlow

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I was looking more for a "how to" on hooking up an ignition box to a carb'd car, and didnt see alot in there, but i found what i needed in that thread as mentioned above. i think im like a week behind on all the threads, because it seems like every question i have was just gone over the week prior :damnit:

 

Curse

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I have never had any problems with any of the MSD ignition boxes I have had (DIS-4 is somewhat of an exception). A lot of the time it is the error of the person installing the box. I have had my MSD ignition box on my stang for over a year and never any problems.

 

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tjm73

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I've run a Crane HI-6 and Crane coil on my '90 'vert for about 5 years now and it's been kick-as!!!

 

Funanin

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im with curse

 

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I'm with Curse too. I've never had any trouble with my MSD stuff at all. I'm inclined to believe that 99% of the time the trouble people have is that some other part of their system is not up to scratch and it caused a problem, or the parts were not installed correctly the first time. I mean look at all the top fuel and Pro stock drivers that have MSD everything on their cars. I guarantee you that if MSD was crap, they would not be using MSD products on a 100,000 dollar engine. I like Crane products too though and I don't think you could go wrong with either.