We'll I bought a new distributor cap yesterday and went to go put it on. The stock one has a little indentation on the top where this little plastic rod with a spring goes through. Well on the MSD cap where that rod goes there is that red plastic peice in the way. Can anyone help me please?

 

OMFG...

you realize that the MSD cap is for an external coil right?

The plastic piece is there, because your coil isn't even supposed to be in there anymore if you're purchasing that cap.

 

Yeah, the MSD cap is to convert to a external coil.

Here's a pic of my civic, you can see the MSD blaster coil on the passenger fender well and connected to the cap.

 

Here are some pictures of my own setup.

You can see where the wire goes.

 

We'll what would I need to do then? I know I could bring it back but how to I set it up to be external? Is there even a advantage in doing that? Btw, it's on a 97 Integra.

PlasikOwl your pics don't work.

 

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Yea, I don't know anything about cars. I wan't to learn but no one really to show me.

 

Alright, let me read your post again and I will answer you

 

Okay, your not going to want to run an external coil... you can, but there is very little advantage with a stock engine set up. To run this CD ingnition, you would need to buy the external coil and an external ingnition(ie hi6 by crane etc) the cap and wire set... it is best that you return this cap and go and buy an OEM cap and call it a day. might as well get a rotor while your at it and your almost half way to a tune up

 

Thanks man.

 

heres my setup
using a 92-96 prelude vtec external coil cap

 

I'm rocking the nology external coil/ignition module

plug & play..no wire splicing.

And it was free

 

well if your runing a CD ingnition you would have to do a couple wires from inside the distributor