So, after another embarrassing outing on January 23rd, I officially gave up on the ol' Vertex. I loved the old school look, appeal and uniqueness of it, but enough was enough. Kaleo said "We gotta change this thing out for an MSD" I agreed......So Kaleo donated an MSD distributor that needed a little TLC (just a reluctor actually) I bought new 6AL2 box, a coil some new plug wires and few other trinkets.
Now I was told that the MSD units are easy to mount, set up and get working, and since I am a pretty smart guy...This oughta be easy....and for the most part it was. I just needed to cleanse my brain of "magneto fever" ...Like grounding the MSD box instead of putting power to it. It turned out very nice. The footbox mounting location was perfect and the wiring is pretty clean. I was especially happy with the coil mount.
How did it work you ask? I will tell you it started like mom's minivan and sounded angrier than it has in years. I attribute that to not only the MSD, but to Kaleo's insistence on re-jetting the main ports and high speed bypass.
Normally I will not make big changes like these, and would never make multiple changes at one time, but I felt that with the freshly rebuilt injector and pump, we needed a new baseline tune-up.
The gameplan is this: 1 easy run, 2 Moderates and then 3 full passes. I am doing this for 2 reasons, I want to see what the new set-up will do, and comply with the licensing procedure. I am hoping the track manager will allow me to make all 6 runs as he did last time.
So, with all the changes and all the great help..I am looking forward to this weekend. Special Thanks to: Ken Gonyo, Kaleo, MSD, MSG, Nestea, Jack Links Beefsticks, Cali & Riley....especially Cali & Riley.....
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