MSD, can you tell the difference?

DarTT said

Just was curious and kinda been wanting to post this thread for a while. I wanted to know if you guys you could tell the difference between your stock Mopar Electronic Ignition system and when it was replaced with MSD part partially/fully. Please explain the difference you felt and what you did. I'm kinda curious of it would be worth the money in the future to slowly upgrade from an orange box ignition to a 6AL box, blaster coil, and distributor. I understand the distributor has bearings in it compared to the mopar performance one which is already one advantage.

So please post your MSD opinions and experiences here!:-D
Maybe this will help some other young guns too in the future!

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1st, the Orange box stinks. 2nd, go to the Chrome box. Much better.

Alot depends on what type of engine the MSD is in use on. Examples;

Stock engine to a mild performance build up.

It cleans up the idle, smooths it out and helps someone who isn't the best at tuning, tune the carb. If the carb is tuned well, low speed driving will see improvments in power and mileage. On a W.O.T. no dif.

On a more serious build, street strip style, the MoPar Chrome box is a must or a MSD. I have found the most modest gains with the MSD.

I have not tried the Gold box vs. (a better than) MSD 6 series box. The Gold box was very good to me, but limited in useage. (Time on the street.)

For young guns or thin wallets, the MoPar Chrome box will certainly get the job done.