Product Description
This listing is for a COMPLETE MSD Ignition System for your early Corvette with a Small Block Chevy!
This kit includes a distributor with a hookup for a Mechanical Tach Drive for Early Corvettes
Included is an MSD Digital 6A Ignition Box (6201), Pro-Billet Tach Drive Distributor (8572), 8.5mm Super Conductor Wire Set (35659), Blaster 2 Ignition Coil (8202), and an MSD Coil bracket (8213). We've put together a complete kit to take the guess work out of choosing the right components for your performance early small block Chevy! 283 to 400 c.i.
The wire set included is made to go over the valve covers and not the factory looms
This kit is made for Flat Tappet applications; if you need a distributor gear for a Roller Camshaft application, please message or call us.
Digital 6A Ignition Box - Part #6201
MSD started with a clean slate and drew up plans for an all new housing. They kept the same footprint as the traditional 6A but lowered the profile for a sleek look. The wiring is all routed out one end of the unit through a sealed and locking connector. This eases installation and keeps your wiring looking neat and clean.
Inside the Digital 6A you’ll find a microprocessor that monitors and controls every spark. The circuits are updated with efficient components that help the ignition produce more power while drawing less current! In fact, the new Digital 6A delivers over 530 volts to the coil with up to 135mJ of spark energy for every firing! Increased output combined with MSD’s proven multiple spark series is a win-win situation!
The new Digital 6A are supplied with the wiring harness and the components you’ll need for installation. The 6A is also supplied with vibration mounts. Both ignitions are compatible on 4, 6 or 8-cylinder engines with 12-volt, negative ground electrical systems. They’ll accept trigger inputs from breaker points, amplifiers and magnetic pickups
Pro-Billet Distributor - Part #8572
If your racecar, Corvette, or race Corvette requires a distributor with a mechanical tach drive, these Pro-Billet Tach Drive distributors from MSD are what you need. Their race-proven magnetic pickup delivers precise trigger signals to your MSD ignition every time one of the reluctor's precision paddles pass by. This reluctor assembly is connected to an oversized steel shaft for increased strength and endurance, and is responsible for triggering the magnetic pickup. Inside the stout billet 6061-T6 aluminum housing, a sealed ball bearing and long sintered bushing guide the 0.500 in. steel shaft for high-rpm accuracy. Just above the reluctor is an adjustable mechanical advance assembly that lets you tailor a timing curve to match your engine's needs. This assembly is TIG welded for strength, and features chromoly weights and nylon pads to ensure smooth advance as the rpm increases. Corvette models feature a vacuum advance, and are available with or without an adjustable slip collar for engines that have had the deck height modified or use exotic intake manifolds. The distributors also feature a Rynite base. The tach drive assembly has a grease fitting for lubrication, is compact to clear the firewall and linkage, and can be repositioned easily to fit different applications.
8.5mm Super Conductor Wire Set - Part #35659
The MSD 8.5mm Super Conductor Wire is "the" performance wire. Engineered from the inside out, the 8.5 offers everything you have ever wanted in a wire; incredibly low resistance without electronic interference! In a single 12" length of Super Conductor Wire there is only 40 - 50 ohms of resistance! That is the lowest resistance of any helically wound wire. To accomplish this, MSD uses a copper alloy conductor due to it's great voltage carrying capabilities. The low resistance results in less loss in spark energy so more reaches the spark plug. The conductor is wound extremely tight around a special center core. So tight in fact, that there is over 40 feet of conductor wrapped into a single foot of plug wire. This winding procedure, combined with a ferro-magnetic impregnated center core, produces an extremely effective Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) "choke". This choke, or suppression capability, keeps the EMI inside the wire where it cannot interfere with other electronics on your vehicle. The outer sleeve that surrounds the conductor assembly is just as impressive. A proprietary blend of silicone and synthetic material produce a sleeve that is highly resistant to high heat as well as abrasion and tears. These wires have a 90 degree end at the spark plug. A coil wire is included as well.
We can also supply you with a universal set where you cut and make the wire lengths yourself. If you need this set instead (part #31239), please let us know in the notes section when buying. These wires will come with 90 degree ends at the spark plug.
Blaster 2 Performance Ignition Coil - Part #8202
If you are looking to upgrade your stock coil, or want to compliment the performance of your MSD Blaster Ignition, MSD 5, 6 or 7, the Blaster Coil line is the right choice. All of the Blaster Coils are designed for improved spark output! Special 100:1 windings are used to provide maximum build-up of voltage! These windings are held secure and kept cool in an oil filled metal canister. The tower assembly is molded of durable alkyd material due to its high dielectric characteristics while wide spaced brass primary terminals prevent the possibility of spark. There are several versions of the Blaster Coil available. All of them have the same internal specifications, but have different housings or components. Each Blaster Coil can be used with a stock ignition, Blaster Ignition, MSD 5, 6 or 7 Ignition Control.
Universal Ignition Coil Bracket - Part #8213
The MSD Coil Bracket offers easy, universal mounting for standard size ignition coils up to 2.25” in diameter. The Bracket uses a bolt and nut combination instead of the easily stripped self-tapping screw common on other brand brackets.
