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Old Apr 12, 2017 | 08:29 PM
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Summit Ign Box

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/s...commendedparts

I fried my MSD, and was looking around at alternatives. I was wondering if anyone has tried one of these.

BTW, I know that MSD is now made in China, as are the DUI modules. I think long life electronic goods are fading into the sunset.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2017 | 10:30 PM
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All the reviews on Summit seem positive except for a racer who is running points and mentions he can't find good condensors... I'd be blaming the condensor not the ignition.

I'd certainly buy one if I was in the market.

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what do you need from the ignition?timing retard?rev limiter ?or just good reliable high powered spark?The truth is most boxes such as this have a hard time beating a duraspark box or a gm hei module in normal driving.I personally use an accel 300+ box with an external control on my race car and love it. It has rpm window switch built in, built in 2 step, boost retard capabilities, start retard etc. Unfortunately only available used now as accel is no longer making ignitions but if you can find one the work great.
 
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what do you need from the ignition?timing retard?rev limiter ?or just good reliable high powered spark?The truth is most boxes such as this have a hard time beating a duraspark box or a gm hei module in normal driving.
The difference between using an MSD 6a and a GM 4pin is night and day.
 
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I like the DUI distributors, but wonder why they don't publish the tech data. All we get is a puff of smoke about how it works, but no actual data.
 
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