[timsullivan]

I about knocked myself out trying to diagnose a high speed running problem with my freshly built 408W. I was convinced it was the carb secondaries as the problem only came about when I really got on it and opened up the secondaries. Come to find out the problem was rotor phasing! I spent over $320 for a brand new MSD Pro Billet, Magnetic Trigger distributor when I built my motor and then had to spend $60 more on “MSD parts to fix the MSD part” (another MSD distributor cap in order to cut a hole in it so I could see the rotor pointer with a timing light and a MSD “adjustable rotor” in order to tweak its alignment with the distributor cap). Sure am glad I stayed with the Superformance factory Ford DuraSpark ignition module and didn’t try to upgrade to one of those failure prone MSD Ignition Boxes. You know, the one’s they say you aren’t suppose to mount upside down in the passenger wheel well or water will get inside them? My wife says MSD stands for “Major and Substantial Defects” and I think she’s right.