MP Orange ignition box?

[a6t9vette]

I have heard both good and bad about the box, but what are the symptoms of one that is going bad, or is bad? I think ive gotten though just about every potental issue with my car starts to run like crap after a while (even after replacing a fuel pump shaft that was more then a 1/4" too short).

Is it just they work or don't and if the car runs its fine, or is there more to it, say run ok at ambient temp but bad at temp, cut and out, etc....?

 

[mcmopar]

Me and moparmoose (Jerry) have had nothing but bad luck with the Orange Box. I use a Borg-Warner control box and it works great all the way up past 6000 rpm.

 

[george68hemirr]

Me and moparmoose (Jerry) have had nothing but bad luck with the Orange Box. I use a Borg-Warner control box and it works great all the way up past 6000 rpm.

SYMPTOMS OF IT GOING BAD :toetap: :toetap: :toetap:

 

[mcmopar]

Well, for Jerry it wouldn't even start the car! He told a Mopar Performance Parts rep at the Mopars With Big Daddy show about it one year and the guy didn't believe him. So Jerry marched his happy rear end over to his car, hooked it up to the Orange box and cranked away! No start. He then connected the chrome box up and it fired right up! Boo Ya!
For me I noticed the car starting to run rough. Then one day I decided to drive the car to work and on my way to the office it began to run rough, began to cut on and off, then just died. I don't even remember how I got it refired but somehow I did and got it home. I had the Borg-Warner unit among a bunch of spare parts the previous owner had included when I bought the car. I popped it on and its been on ever since - about 6 years or so.

 

[george68hemirr]

or buy msd....great stuff

 

[a6t9vette]

Where did you guys pick up the Borg-Warner part, any idea of a p/n?

Bob

 

[mcmopar]

Pep Boys used to sell them. You could try there or NAPA.