matt84z28

anyone have any pics on the location of an Msd 6al not sure where i want to mount it??

1FastZ

I mounted mine on the firewall where the AC box used to be.

smoktire

Tony89GTA

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Tony89GTA

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not working

Tony89GTA

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nope

383backinblack

mine is mounted inside the car on the passenger side of the console.......away from the heat, moisture and vibration

gta324

See http://hem.passagen.se/pau324 for pictures where I mounted mine.

/N.

Chris89GTA

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Most either have it on the firewall on either side, or I have seen quite a few mounted on the strut tower on drivers side...

Motor City Mike

I also have my MSD 6AL mounted on the inside (for the same reasons as previously mentioned by 383backinblack), along with my Blaster coil. Since I removed my heater core, I mounted both the MSD module and coil where the heater core used to be:

1320 Right Ln.

got mine mounted on a piece of sheet metal where the battery used to be (which now resides in the spare tire well).

vernw

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I mounted mine above the battery. Made a small aluminum shelf like so....

IrS89IROC

Is that a mallory hyfire 6al? I thought about getting one of those isntead of the MSD because it is digital, puts out more volts, and has an adjustable rev limiter without chips. I wanted to know how you like it if that is what you have.

OUTATIME GTA

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Pretty sure I'm the only one with this setup.

vernw

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Nope - it's an MSD Digital 6+

TTOP350

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Not a very good pic but you get the idea

http://www.team3rdgen.com/modules.ph...view_photo.php

1320 Right Ln.

that's a pretty neat trick!

KiLLJ0Y

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how about mount it in the garbage can.. thats the best place for those things

JMatlock88

Here is mine. Mounted on the drivers side firewall where the relays use to be mounted.

L98FORM89

Same as above. Beside the master cylinder see it here www.89formula350.com

TTOP350

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I know Ive been through 4 of them .. thats y I made it easy to remove and return it to stock so I can make it home

TunedPort 335

Way off on the right hand side, i made a metal plate/bracket and mounted it to that.

stage20

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holy moly your engine is clean!
ive got mine hid in the glove box.

TunedPort 335

Thanks man!

PS i am jealous of your 4th gen "glovebox"

mw66nova

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anyone have before/after times at the track with this bad boy? did anyone see an improvement in fuel mileage?

stage20

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im jealous. my engine isnt that spotless.
we even?

Tony89

I've got no pictures, but I mounted my 6ALBTM underneath the front air cleaner housing (which is no longer used because I have a vortech). You can only see it if you're looking for it. It was a real pain to install there, however.

jsthirdgenz28

i mounted my ignition box on the passenger side of the firewall by the ac,but ive seen people even mount it near the mastercylinder on the driver side of the firewall

Tony89

I really have to make it a point to sit down and reply to these posts when I have time to do it properly!! As sometimes it happens, I failed to include some important details about my installation. I've got a 6AL-BTM and these units are a little bit wider than the regular 6AL, so mounting it on the firewall anywhere is a bit more difficult. It may very well be possible to do so, but I simply didn't take the time to do all of the necessary measurements in the "normal" underhood locations. Another important note: MSD claims that one should try to shield the box from heat. I guess I was a little paranoid, but I didn't want to chance a catastrophic failure. The heat of the California desert in summer (which i spend time in each year) is so intense that this is actually a possibility. I could be wrong, but why risk it??

4MULA88

back firewall

Bobbyz

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Hey i was wondering how you guys that put the msd on top of the non ac box got the rubber mounts on from the back?

i drilled one hole on the top left and went inside tried to reach my and up but could'nt get to it.


thanks

CaptPicardsZ28

Here's mine...Made a bracket for it behind the strut area...

83 Crossfire TA

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huh, Capt... how is that bracket mounted?

DanTheMan_smlk

did you notice a significant increase in power from the MSD?

vernw

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I didn't.

DanTheMan_smlk

thanks for being honest...ive never heard anyone say they gained a lot of power from msd

smokefan

i agree that i didnt notice a big difference with the msd as far as power goes but it seems to idle alot better with it

mw66nova

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an msd box on a stock motor will show little to no improvements in power, but will help on mpg. on a modded motor, you'll see more power improvements.

PROCHARGEDTA

A MUST WITH A MOD.MOTOR OR SUPERCHARGED.I ONLY FELT A BETTER IDLE AND EASY STARTING IN MY 89 FORMULA.

83 Crossfire TA

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It depends on the car… my close to stock WS6 (LT1 car) saw .2s and .12mph at the track with an Accel 300+ box but I couldn’t feel much of a difference on the street (although when I put colder plugs to run N2O I found that I would get misfire codes without the accel box that went away with it). I moved that box to the L98 formula and saw a similar increase, then when I knew that I was going on a road trip I moved it to my K1500 and saw a consistent 2mpg increase.

In all cases the car has a better/smoother idle and feels torquier off idle and at cruise. Especially the truck which has always been a little rough and cranky feeling down low and wasn’t extraordinarily happy with even the stock, .035” spark plug gap.

I decided to leave the 300+ on the truck and after doing a bit of research (and actually finding an engineer that worked for both accel and now crane and talking to him for close to an hour) I decided that I’m replacing the 300+ and accel coil on the formula with a Crane HI-6TRS and an LX92 coil. I’m going to leave the stock coil with the 300+ on the truck because it should give a more appropriate spark for the application.

The Crane HI-6 is significantly larger (almost 2x) then the accel box which is why I’m asking the question about mounting. With the accel box begin so small I could literally put it anywhere (I actually just had a piece of 2 sided 3M body/trim tape on the back side of it and had it stuck to the back of the driver’s side strut tower), where with the Crane box “anywhere” just won’t fly.

vernw

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I picked up a used Crane HI-6S I'm going to do some experimenting with as well.....

BlueBeast

i dont have any pics but i mounted mine in the center console. cant see it very clean and very easy to get to the rev chip

83 Crossfire TA

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You can see what I ended up doing last weekend:
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...postid=2528962

TexasB4C

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heres a link to my cardomain site with a pic of where i put my 6A box... mounted it in the console, had to remove the console's center brace but it fit in there perfectly.... and its away from the heat, moisture, and vibration from under the hood

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2120412/1

z28 NyC

I think mines is in a pretty cool place on the inside of the drivers side fender infront of the winshield wash fluid container, one question guys, i bought my car with the the box already installed is there a quik check i can do just to make sure its even working ?

RPOL98

mounted my MSD-6AL on the drivers side strut tower, sticking out rearwards towards where all the relays are mounted. used clay to make sure I had clearance for hood closing. might have to un-mount it if I have to replace some of the relays (MSD blocks access). spliced in a 2' length of cable to reach the starter for batt power. used the MSD adapter to connect to the GM dual-connector coil (makes it so much simpler).

I use the MSD simply for cleaner running plugs, stronger spark, and hopefully it will fire fouled plugs a little longer before I have to replace them on my tired engine.

fb305svs

mine is mounted where the stock computer is... fits right in the computer tray and all pretty nice... of course, i have no need for that POS ecm lol

L98IROCZ89

Mine is on the firewall, on the driver side. It fits nicely there but beware: it makes a constant buzzing noise and it is quite obvious with the windows up, mostly at idle (when I'm driving the exhaust is loud)

The supercharger got rid of this problem though. How you ask? The whine of the SC makes the buzzing unable to be heard