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Is MSD 6BTM needed on Charged car???

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  • Start date Start date May 29, 2009

ARMAGEDON

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  • May 29, 2009
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Hello All,

I just bought this car.

The car has an MSD 6BTM mounted but not hooked up.

I will eventually get around to hooking it up.

My ? is: How important is it to have the MSD working on a charged car & do you really need it?

The car seems to run strong without it.

Thanks for your input.

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Powerdyne (9 Lbs.) Cobra Upper & Lower (P&P, Extrude Honed), SVO Aluminum X-302 SVO Heads (P&P), Forged Pistons, 306 Block, 65mm TB, 75mm Mass Air, 12" Cone K&N, 4" Inlet Tube, 30 lbs. Inj., 255 Pump, MSD Blaster Coil, MSD 6BTM, Electric Fan, BBK Shorties, , H-Pipe, Cat Back, 3:55's, Stock ECM, Etc.
 

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The 6BTM has an adjustable boost/timing retard function to allow you to adjust timing based on manifold pressure. This in turn will allow you get more aggressive with your timing yet prevent detonation under load. If its there, you'd be leaving a lot of power and safety on the table without running it.

That being said, if you still choose not to run it, there's no sense having it mounted there in the first place. You're shortening its life span with the bouncing around, heat/cooling cycles and unnecessarily exposing it to moisture. Its kind of one of those **** or get off the pot things.
 

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If it works, hook it up, supercharged applications are one of the few times the msd stuff is actually needed.
 
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