[frankym]

I am receiving the first box that MSD has looked at and repaired. It is supposed to arrive tomorrow and it will be reinstalled by the mechanic that installed it the first time. The box itself performs great when it is working, but they definitely need to build more protection within the box and provide some way of replacing fuses on commonly blown resistors by the car owner. If you do blow out a box, you have to reinstall your old ignition system and reset the timing etc before you get the box repaired 4 weeks later. still not a huge msd fan at this point. The technician couldn't tell me their diagnosis over the phone but he said it looked like there were defective parts. By defecitve it could just mean that the solder connections to the board were poorly done making it burn up prematurely, the burn in test remember is done on a bench, so it's like having a perfect sea to test the hull of a new boat. Throw in added heat, ancellary draws on electrical system, occasional jump start with another vehicle and wallah, reality. I have spent too much money and effort and downtime to really ever be positive about msd, but that could change after I am able to drive the car for the next 5 years regularly with the same ignition system and not have to rely on a tow service every other time i go out for a spin. This last box #4 would not start the car. #3 worked fine for 20 miles before it died, this last one was installed exactly the way msd suggested with a few additional safety measures.