having severe problems with msd ignition?
I put a digital six and hvc 2 coil and billet dist with magnetic pickup on my engine and the problem is it wont start unless you have the timing around 10-15 degrees. Timing is locked. It will buck, backfire, spit through the carburetor, and so on if it is on 36 degrees. I just pulled out a msd hei distributor that runs perfect and timing was locked at 38 degrees. No problem cranking at all. I even held the magnetic wires in my hand made sure they werent even close to any other wires(as per msd advice) and still the same problem. I put the hei back in the engine and no problems. I ran this exact ignition 2 years ago and took it out when i sold the motor. I need to run it so i can have rev limiter and nitrous retard features. What in the hell is going on with this ignition. Msd says nothing is wrong with dist or box and they haven t even checked them. Is there any way possible the magnetic pickup in the msd dist could even cause this. Its such a simple device. Help??