If you don't hear from me today then i might not be able to call until monday. I definately want to talk with you about it though.
Nice to see someone with experience that knows what's going on. You are right on the money toomany. Let’s make it simple with a quick analogy. Let’s say you are trying to light a candle outside on a perfectly calm day; in a sense this is the same a stock motor and a match will do just fine. Now let’s say there are 20 mph winds outside and you just can't keep that match lit. Fire up a blow torch and that flame isn't going out. On your truck if the motor is pretty much stock then the factory ignition system is probably sufficient enough to light the fuel efficiently as it was designed to. In a modified motor with higher cylinder pressures due to higher compression ratios; nitrous; or boost applications you add a great deal of turbulence in the cylinder thus making it a windy day outside and you need that blow torch... In short, if you have a stock motor that you don't turn high RPM's then lighting that candle with a blow torch will provide minimal gains at best. Will it help? Of course as I'm a believer that every little bit helps. Will you be satisfied with the gains provided for the investment on a stock motor; probably not and then you would be on here upset that you invested your money and didn't see a "significant" increase. I run a box on my 87 K5 that is injected because it has a slightly bigger cam profile than stock, Jet Stage II chip, Holley 670 CFM throttle body, TBI spacer, Edelbrock Intake, and Doug Thorley headers and duals to exhale. Did I see a difference? You bet I did and I love it. No more rich smell out the exhaust and I can cruise with my back window down and get out of the truck without smelling like exhaust fumes. If your motor is pretty stock then I would say upgrade the coil, wires, cap and rotor and you should be A OK... If you have any questions give me a shout at MSD; 915-856-2739; you can shoot me an e-mail too at [email protected] .
Phil
I run the new 6AL-2 on mine and have no issues; then again there is absolutly no water here in the desert southwest but I do beat on the truck pretty hard.
Nice to see someone with experience that knows what's going on. You are right on the money toomany. Let’s make it simple with a quick analogy. Let’s say you are trying to light a candle outside on a perfectly calm day; in a sense this is the same a stock motor and a match will do just fine. Now let’s say there are 20 mph winds outside and you just can't keep that match lit. Fire up a blow torch and that flame isn't going out.
On your truck if the motor is pretty much stock then the factory ignition system is probably sufficient enough to light the fuel efficiently as it was designed to. In a modified motor with higher cylinder pressures due to higher compression ratios; nitrous; or boost applications you add a great deal of turbulence in the cylinder thus making it a windy day outside and you need that blow torch... In short, if you have a stock motor that you don't turn high RPM's then lighting that candle with a blow torch will provide minimal gains at best.
Will it help? Of course as I'm a believer that every little bit helps. Will you be satisfied with the gains provided for the investment on a stock motor; probably not and then you would be on here upset that you invested your money and didn't see a "significant" increase.
I run a box on my 87 K5 that is injected because it has a slightly bigger cam profile than stock, Jet Stage II chip, Holley 670 CFM throttle body, TBI spacer, Edelbrock Intake, and Doug Thorley headers and duals to exhale. Did I see a difference? You bet I did and I love it. No more rich smell out the exhaust and I can cruise with my back window down and get out of the truck without smelling like exhaust fumes. If your motor is pretty stock then I would say upgrade the coil, wires, cap and rotor and you should be A OK... If you have any questions give me a shout at MSD; 915-856-2739; you can shoot me an e-mail too at [email protected] .
Phil
Josh,
There was an issue with the OffRoad box for a while that has been corrected and are trouble free since. I had an OffRoad box fail on me to be honest with you however this was one of the troubbled units. The OffRoad box is really only necessary if you will be completely submurging the thing under water or are gonna be beating the thing with extreme vibration. i.e. Baja 1000?
