I seen your post on that POS distributor. That really sucked!! Bad for me I trashed my old stocker distributor. So I hope I find a quality stock replacement.My old stock distributor was acting goofy on me early last year. I couldn't find a factory new distributor so I went with a local parts store distributor. That was a disaster as the shaft locked up to the bushing after about 2 minutes of idle time showering my new engine with aluminum shavings. I didn't go MSD because of the bad rep they have gotten. I ended up going with a PA distributors "hot forged" distributor.
http://www.americanmuscle.com/pd-hot-forged-distributor-8693.html
It's been a dream. Cleared up a rich condition I was having at idle, and pulls nice and clean up to redline. It's not cheap, but it is a well made piece.
Damn, not what I wanted to hear. The Crank sensor works the timing, but the MSD can supposedly be modified to make a cam synch. Needs a good PIP, though.my msd pro billet dizzy put me on a flatbed 2 times even tho i keep a spare tfi in the glovebox both times it wasnt tfi turned out being dam pip sensor
We run a modified MSD Pro Billet distributor that is used with a FAST XFI system that uses the MSD crank trigger. This engine regularly see's 8,000 plus rpm with no spark issues. The dist. is basically the cam sync sensor now as the FAST controls all of the ignition timing. It is kind of wild to have the engine at idle speed and be able to turn the distributor all the way left and right and have the timing stay at 10* BTDC.Damn, not what I wanted to hear. The Crank sensor works the timing, but the MSD can supposedly be modified to make a cam synch. Needs a good PIP, though.
We run a modified MSD Pro Billet distributor that is used with a FAST XFI system that uses the MSD crank trigger. This engine regularly see's 8,000 plus rpm with no spark issues. The dist. is basically the cam sync sensor now as the FAST controls all of the ignition timing. It is kind of wild to have the engine at idle speed and be able to turn the distributor all the way left and right and have the timing stay at 10* BTDC.
I've got the BS3, and that's exactly what I was planning to do. I eventually want to experiment with tuning individual cylinders.
It is phased correctly, engine runs great. On initial set up the crank trigger was out of sync and the engine did not want to idle very well, exhaust ran hotter than hell at idle as well. When we got the crank trigger dialed in at 50* BTDC, then it all came together and ran like a beast! It turns out that the timing pointer for the crank was off and thus the crank trigger phasing was thrown off. Somehow during the time that the dist. was stabbed and phased in and the crank trigger set, the pointer got tweeked and threw off the crank trigger. It is all good now tho.just got to be careful and make sure its phased correctly
It is phased correctly, engine runs great. On initial set up the crank trigger was out of sync and the engine did not want to idle very well, exhaust ran hotter than hell at idle as well. When we got the crank trigger dialed in at 50* BTDC, then it all came together and ran like a beast! It turns out that the timing pointer for the crank was off and thus the crank trigger phasing was thrown off. Somehow during the time that the dist. was stabbed and phased in and the crank trigger set, the pointer got tweeked and threw off the crank trigger. It is all good now tho.
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thats how we did the NOS car... but we didnt have any EGT's or any of that we had to go off the plugs. once we get a handle on the turbo car we will start tuning hole to hole. you can really clean up a tune up going hole to hole.
do you have the new BS3 SR2?
Why should that matter? I mean, if you're timing is off, you still end up tuning to MBT, right? So you might think it's 24* timing when it's really only 19*, but it's still at MBT... Same thing, I'd assume, with injector phasing.It is phased correctly, engine runs great. On initial set up the crank trigger was out of sync and the engine did not want to idle very well, exhaust ran hotter than hell at idle as well. When we got the crank trigger dialed in at 50* BTDC, then it all came together and ran like a beast! It turns out that the timing pointer for the crank was off and thus the crank trigger phasing was thrown off. Somehow during the time that the dist. was stabbed and phased in and the crank trigger set, the pointer got tweeked and threw off the crank trigger. It is all good now tho.
No. Bought mine back in '09. Aside from googling, is there anywhere I should go to read about it? Can I upgrade my old box?
I wish I had an extra dyno in my garage so tuning would be easy. I haven't quite figured out how I'm going to tune the individual cylinder yet, but I'm excited about trying to, anyway.
Why should that matter? I mean, if you're timing is off, you still end up tuning to MBT, right? So you might think it's 24* timing when it's really only 19*, but it's still at MBT... Same thing, I'd assume, with injector phasing.
It does matter, the FAST needs to see the crank trigger signal 50* BTDC so that it has the time to calculate spark timing events. If the crank trigger signal shows up 10* early, the FAST makes all of the timing calculations wrong. You just cannot go into the ignition table and correct for a 10* error in crank trigger setting. The distributor (cam sensor) gets phased 10* BTDC and the crank sensor gets set @50* BTDC. those two inputs primarily are what the FAST uses to determine timing events. Having them (either one) off by 10* really jacks up the algorithm that is used to calculate ignition and injector timing. We did try to give the engine 10* more ignition timing to see if that would work and it does not. There were minor improvements in the way the engine ran but it was not happy. It was not until we checked the crank trigger setting that we found that it was off by about 10*Why should that matter? I mean, if you're timing is off, you still end up tuning to MBT, right? So you might think it's 24* timing when it's really only 19*, but it's still at MBT... Same thing, I'd assume, with injector phasing.