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Old Feb 4, 2014 | 07:35 PM
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MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

Hey guys, can anybody help with connecting an MSD billet distributor and 6AL to an Accel Gen 7? I tried MSD's very generic directions but it will not work. Any help with wiring these together would be great.

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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 11:15 AM
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Re: MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

What ignition harness do you have on the Gen 7?
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 11:47 AM
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Re: MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

More details...what kind of distributor (magnetic pickup, electronic)
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 03:26 PM
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Re: MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

MSD billet distributor with a 6 AL box. The Accel will not recognize a rpm signal.
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 07:17 PM
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Re: MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

what about grabbing the rpm signal from the negative side of the coil?
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Old Feb 5, 2014 | 07:36 PM
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Re: MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

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MSD billet distributor with a 6 AL box. The Accel will not recognize a rpm signal.
How many wires come out of the dist and what colors? It will work but I need to know what kind of trigger the dist uses.

The msd box trigger wire, white I believe, will get connected to pin H, bark blue wire on the gen 7 ignition connector.
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 06:37 AM
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Re: MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

Correct. MSD 6AL white to Accel dark blue. It'll fire right up.
You're actually taking the signal off the box, not the distributor so the type of distributor is mostly irrelevant.
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Old Feb 7, 2014 | 10:41 PM
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Re: MSD 6AL and Accel Gen 7 wiring

Thank you very much for the input, however I did order an Accel duel sync distributor and adapter harness. I will be selling the MSD unit.
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