1995 Civic DX Coupe
1996 B18C-R
w/ MSD SCI (at least 5 yrs old)
SS Blaster Coil (New)
New Distributor Housing
New Ignitor
New NGK Wires
New Plugs
New MSD Cap
New Rotor

When driving past 4000 RPM the car hesitates and does not Rev smoothly to Redline.

When I past 4000 RPM the tach gets slightly jumpy.

What could it be?

I have check the fuel filter & fuel pressure, they are o.k.

Everyone tells me it's the Ignition, but I have changed almost everything.

How can you tell if MSD is going BAD?

I'm going to take out the MSD on Saturday and go back to stock.

Hope it works out.

Anyone else have any ideas??
Anyone else have any ideas??

 

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That's the first thing I would try.

 

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That's the first thing I would try.</TD></TR></TABLE>

How do you if MSD Box is going Bad?

 

it could be the tps sensor

 

It's on top of the Throttle body?

 

MAP sensor is on top of the throttle body. TPS is on the side opposite the throttle cable.

 

Check all your grounds while your at it too! Grounds are very important!

 

All grounds are checked.

How do I know or what kind of signs of bad TPS sensor or IACV?

No Cel's.

So it's mechanical right?


Modified by jmk2888 at 5:26 AM 9/2/2004

 

Measure the resistance between two of the TPS wires, i cant remember the colors off the top of my head, i wanna say red and white/green and make sure theres 0.045v at closed throttle

 

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TPS is fine. Thanks

Any other Ideas?

 

Does MSD kill ignitors (ICM) ?

I have just changed my ignitor and everything was fine for a 1 or 2 days.

Then same problem afterwards.

How long does a ignitor last?

I hope I do not need to replace it again, it's cost me $170.00

 

ttt

 

I took out the MSD system today and went back to stock.

Works like a charm, the car never ran better.

on MSD products, especially the SCI box.

I'm going call MSD on Tuesday and have them repair it for free.

Hopefully after I get it back, I sell it on ebay or something.

I'll never trust MSD ever again.

Thanks to all the guys that tried to help me.

 

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Works like a charm, the car never ran better.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Told you !
There is a thread like this at least once a month.
MSD
OEM

 

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There is a thread like this at least once a month.
MSD
OEM </TD></TR></TABLE>

Sorry, I had to learn my lesson the hard way.

 

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You are not alone there. I run into the brick wall quite often myself. Hopefully we get smarter as we get older.