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Hoosier Bird said:
And just how are these comments suppose to help me...... :toetap: :toetap: :toetap:

Put your MSD box on and quit being so snippity...

:jester:
 

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Ray, I think I'll take your advice and do that tonight.........I'll keep everyone posted........hopefully my whining will quit then......... :lol:
 

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[quote="Hoosier Bird"...hopefully my whining will quit then......... :lol:[/quote]
I doubt that :acme:
 

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Where are you going to mount your MSD box? I just picked one up and want to put it in but I want to hide it. There was a recent thread on Moparts about this and it looks like underneath the battery tray would work as well as anything but it looks like it will be a tight fit. Anyone out there mounted an MSD so it's hidden?
 

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zupanj said:
Where are you going to mount your MSD box? I just picked one up and want to put it in but I want to hide it. There was a recent thread on Moparts about this and it looks like underneath the battery tray would work as well as anything but it looks like it will be a tight fit. Anyone out there mounted an MSD so it's hidden?


I've heard of guys putting them under the dash...don't really know where exactly, but you definitely want to keep 'em cool... :cool:
 

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I got my chrome boxes today
don't know if they are any better than the orange box yet
but it sure a lot better looking :cool:
let you know this weekend
 

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zupanj said:
Where are you going to mount your MSD box? I just picked one up and want to put it in but I want to hide it. There was a recent thread on Moparts about this and it looks like underneath the battery tray would work as well as anything but it looks like it will be a tight fit. Anyone out there mounted an MSD so it's hidden?
I spent about an hour out in the shop tonight trying to figure out where I want it.....I finally decided to sleep on it..........That way I can whine for an extra day... :lol: Oh, and the car fired right up and ran great..... :brickwall: :brickwall:
 

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i seem to recall someone making a fancy bracket the mounted the box across the intake behind the carb. anybody else see that?
 

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mac said:
i seem to recall someone making a fancy bracket the mounted the box across the intake behind the carb. anybody else see that?

Never heard of that one!!! :huh: wouldn't the box get too hot back there though??
 

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I mounted my MSD on the fenderwell below the washer bottle. I never really liked it there though.

I have also seen the washer bottle hollowed out for the ECU or MSD. The thing I would worry about that would be heat dissipation.

I also seem to remember that the MSD should not be mounted inverted, so you can't just screw it to the bottom of the battery tray.
 

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This is from the A-12 forum. Its actually a rev limiter, but you get the idea.

Rev_Limiter_-_02.jpg
 

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mac said:
i seem to recall someone making a fancy bracket the mounted the box across the intake behind the carb. anybody else see that?


Mac I just saw that going thru my old issues of MCG. If someone wants the info, I look again.
 

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Basketcase,

I would be interested in that article, that is the first time I have seen the washer bottle trick.

John you are right that the MSD boxes are not supposed to be mounted upside down and I believe that the MSD instructions state that. The reason is that if moisture collects it will sit on the top of the case and not dissipate very easily. However I did mount a 6AL box upside down in the passenger side footwell of my Cobra six years ago and have never had a problem with it. Now that I've said that it will probably act up now.

Jack
 

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I think mounting to the engine is the last place I'd put it. Vibration and electronics don't get along.
 

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I think the 70 model cars had a firewall bracket that kept the ECU about and inch off the wall for some air to circulate around it.
 
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