Just finished installing my MSD distrb, 6-al box and blaster coil. .Before the install I was at 8* initial and all in at 3000rpm at 37* total. Im now at 21* initial all in by 2200rpm at 34*. At first she would fire and shut down. Did this untill I re hooked up my ballest resistor. I thought the resistor came out of play with the install of the MSD system?
Any ideas on that?
Any way I took it out for a test .
Before with 28lbs of air in rear tires I would bring it up to 2000rpms, leave a 4' patch then she would hook and go. Now 2000 rpm spun tires for about 35'. Will try again later or tomorow with 15-18 lbs of pressure in rear tires. She ran completely different too. She went like hell after she stopped spinning. went up over 6200rpm in no time in 1st and 2nd. It was like I installed a new cam. Could not stop smiling and sayin HOLY SH*T to myself the whole little test ride. I'm a happy camper for the moment. Even the wife was out helping me, handing me tools . Let me know if you have any thoughts about the ballest resistor thing.

 

Tony, you don't need the ballast resistor. Remove it and just wire together all the wires from both ends of the resistor. The reason it started while it was cranking and died when you released the ignition key is that one side of the BR is hot only while cranking.

 

Dan, Mikel if I wire them together it won't create a problem down the line?

 

It's been a while since I wired mine up, but that's how I remember doing it. I'm at work now, but I'll look at it when I get home tonight or in the morning. Is your alternator the single wire type with a built-in voltage regulator?

 

Yes it is. By the way, I let the engine sit and idle for a long while. My engine temp now stays at 165* doesn't go up to 180-200* anymore.

 

I took the resistor out and replaced it with a piece of wire and put it back in the car. It looks stock. Like that matters any