DIY MSD install on a Honda Civic

[bennjamin]

offtopic but in agreeance to above - ive seen most top honda's at the 1/4 and track racing , all using stock ignition/leads etc.

[wynode]

Nice writeup John again John

[ECU-MAN]

offtopic but in agreeance to above - ive seen most top honda's at the 1/4 and track racing , all using stock ignition/leads etc.

stock ignitions systems are good and work well,

the OEM coil has been know to fail unnecessarily, the OEM leads are better than alot of aftermarket leads,

MSD leads are very good quality as well, they dont use the same conductive matrial as normal leads.

like I said on the 1st post, im not sure if it made a difference on this car, would of been nice to have before and after Dyno results.

[SKREMN]

I have got the MSD 6A series with the Blaster SS coil its a square one compared to the typical round one
I was recommended this one for my application
as seen here



I mounted the MSD unit under the dash so thats why you cant see it anywhere

I also used the h22a cap combined with 8mm top gun leads (red)

The reson for me getting the MSD unit is that at high rpm 7K onwards the car wouldnt perform at its best when constantly being reved out for a continuious amout of time and getting hot
it would have a very slight missfire almost feels like weak spark

I firstly tried the external coil, the new leads and new plugs but that didnt help much
once I installed the MSD 6A unit I noticed a more consistant rpm at top end
the car no longer had that slight missifre that was holding it back

so in my car it was worth every cent

It took me about 3+ hrs to install I had the msd unit under the dash and very tidy/hidden wireing

The MSD unit interfired with my alarms siren so it had to be relocated and have a constant power supply from the battery with any other positive power supply point it would pick up interferance and make a constant whinning noise from the siren
I ended up redoing all the wires for the unit and rereouted them but it didnt make a differance...

[dfekm3]

ahh love your writeups ECU-MAN, especially when the works done on Vut's civic...
Now we all know how he pulled 225kw's hahaha

[ProECU]

ahh love your writeups ECU-MAN, especially when the works done on Vut's civic...
Now we all know how he pulled 225kw's hahaha

yeah, with PROECU thats how.

would've done more without the MSD!

[ZeForce]

AFAIK vut's civic was tuned by ProECU which is the reason for the great result

[ECU-MAN]

final warning to all

any more spamming in this thread will result in a BAN

keep it to the lounge

[fatboyz39]

great write up.

[dsp26]

everything makes perfect sense now. Also explains why the non-oem dizzy cap that came with the kit had the nipple in the icm wiring area.

i'd love to give you another rep point but i get that share the love around message....

[dsp26]

Just wan't to add to this... slightly irrelevant though since this DIY includes the MSD 6A multi discharger...

I Installed the Blaster SS coil as is.... it's weaksauce!!! Slight misfires on load with 1.5mm plug gap... runs perfect on 1.3mm though... oh and this is on a B16A2.


Thanks again for this DIY ecu-man... helped alot! Was trying to figure out the wiring inside of mine in relation to your diagrams and realised you removed the internal coil... then i realised the polarity of wires was imprinted on the internal coil heheheh

[dsp26]

just want to add to this again.. not sure that it would have mattered...

After upgrading to VISION 10mm triple core leads i upped the gap on the ngk iridiums to a full 2mm and all runs sweet!!! and still only on an aftermarket coil (Crane Cams LX91)