MSD offers a variety of distributors designed for different applications ranging from low profile and small diameter models to a front drive distributor. You can have the most powerful ignition available, but if you are not accurately triggering all of that energy or not getting it to the right spark plug at the precise moment, all of that power is being wasted. Due to the increased energy output of an MSD Ignition Control, proper setup of the distributor is very important. A good quality cap and rotor should always be used and inspected on a regular basis. Note that areas with higher humidity are more succeptible to carbon tracking or spark scatter due to condensation build up. Another problem that can arise within a distributor cap is called ionization.
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