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Old 02-20-2012, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by kevins2 View Post
This brings up a good question (for me at least). Will carrying only the magnetic pickup give you the protection of not being stranded on the side of the road (from an ignition standpoint)? I read somewhere (not on this forum) that an engine equipped with an MSD ignition will still run even if the control box fails. Not sure I understand that yet if that is even true...
If the box fails the car will not fire and run. If you are going fast enough it will coast for a mile though. Ask me how I know.

There's a reason the NASCAR cars have two of them installed on race day.

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