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Offline Gareth. J.

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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #30 on: September 03, 2010, 05:23:36 PM »
I believe the 6AL-2 has uprated voltage output as well. The 6AL would still be a good upgrade I think if mine is anything to go by  ;)

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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #31 on: September 05, 2010, 06:25:09 PM »
Or you could just buy the crane HI-6 that is better than the 6-AL, has built in trim pots for rev limit and you can pick one up for under $200AUD second hand...
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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #32 on: September 05, 2010, 10:17:33 PM »
Or you could just buy the crane HI-6 that is better than the 6-AL, has built in trim pots for rev limit and you can pick one up for under $200AUD second hand...

My experiance with Crane electronics that you couldn't pay me enough to put Crane electronics in my car.

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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #33 on: September 07, 2010, 11:35:39 AM »
Do you care to elaborate on this?
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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #34 on: September 07, 2010, 12:20:35 PM »
Or you could just buy the crane HI-6 that is better than the 6-AL, has built in trim pots for rev limit and you can pick one up for under $200AUD second hand...

Do you mean 6AL+6AL2? Out of interest what advantages does the Crane offer over MSD  ???

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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #35 on: September 07, 2010, 02:41:12 PM »
I had a crane hi6 for about a month when they first came out.Car wouldnt rev over 4500rpm and on the dyno showed the spark fizzling out.Took it off ,no probs with spark.Sent it back under warranty to adelaide and they said nothing was wrong with it.Maybe bad luck but I dont think so.Have been using msd for a while with no probs.A lot of my mates have upgraded from 6al to the msd digi 6 and digi 7 which I beleive allows them to retard and advance timing from in the car and also retard timing at full acceleration etc etc a little too complexed for my application ,but how deep is your pockets.

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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #36 on: September 08, 2010, 10:19:28 AM »
Do you care to elaborate on this?

Several Crane ignition boxes that either just flat out failed, or wouldn't work properly, like rev limiters, not limiting, the already mentioned limited reving, with rev limiters no where near that setting. These were installed on several different cars, by me and others. FWIW, I've been working with automotive electronics for around 20 years now, on an amature and professional levels, just so you know, I'm not afraid of electroncs and had made it my job for over a decade. ;)

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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2010, 02:39:48 PM »
Fair enough then i'll conceed based on that lol ;D

I have a crane it works  8)
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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #38 on: September 10, 2010, 02:55:51 PM »
I thought we werent wrong ,well the dyno said so anyway but thanks.As for the other chap whos works your lucky and as far as I know crane has gone bankrupt and been taken over so maybe they have fixed any issues.I know they were good for top end gear rockers,guides ,cams and heck 20 years ago you could buy one of there stickers for 5 bucks and it would ad 5hp to your ego!

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Re: MSD 6AL
« Reply #38 on: September 10, 2010, 02:55:51 PM »