Install msd dis 2

Get involved! Logging in will also remove many of the advertisements, along with this notice. Login now! You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Defiant DSM Wiseman. Unless you're 'waaaay up in the mods, the DSM stock ignition is plenty. Not that many use an aftermarket setup. Yeah, what he said. I run stock too, seems more than adequate. BUT, if you want to install it, you basically have 3 different sets of connections to make.

There is a 3 pin connector at the coil pack. You want to cut all 3 wires there and splice 6 wires from your MSD in at that point. BUT, if you want to do it cleaner, I happen to have the 3 pin connectors. If you buy those, and crimp them onto the MSD harness, it will make that part of the wiring a plug n play deal. As for the Clutch switch wiring for the 2 step, I wouldn't do it for one reason. And if you haven't upgraded your ECU yet, I'd say sell your MSD, and apply that money towards a chip, since its a much more worthwhile mod.

I have an MSD and your best bet for wiring it up is just to follow the directions from the manufacturer. Chances are you will need a tach adapter as well.

Some of the sites have good info on setting up the dip switches which helped me out. Here are some tips. If your driving and your tach goes dead after driving for 5 mins or your tach does wierd things or doesn't work you need a tach adapter.

It's not a loose wire. Next cut the wire going to the center of the coilpack. Whatever wire is left coming out of the power transistor is now just hanging in mid-air. That was simple, huh? Now the triggers. You take the factory signal, doctor it, and send it back to where it belongs.

Locate the plug going to your coilpack. It should be a black, triangular plug, directly above the power transistor we just worked on.

The three wires are power thick gauge , trigger 1 and trigger 2. The white and green wires trigger the dis2 to fire dis2 inputs. The light blue wire is to activate the 2-step revlimit. You can get a momentary pushbutton switch from Radio Shack, and use that as your trigger for the 2-step. There are many ways of doing this simple circuit, you just have to choose how YOU want to do it.

Maybe to an already installed alarm system, or simply to a toggle switch you have in your cockpit. After all your wires are soldered, I suggest putting some tubing around the soldered joints. Then electrical tape over the tubing. So each soldered joint will have tubing over it, in addition to electrical tape. Wiring up the harness is pretty straight forward.

What you are going to be doing is cutting wires on the ECU harness that comes up to the coil pack, then the MSD harness is going to intercept those cut wires and run into the DIS2 and back out. It is just like intercepting the airflow signal on a S-AFC install. I didn't take down the wire colors that are on the connector from the ECU but I will give you wire colors that are on the coil pack and it isn't hard to just look at the other side of the connector to see what colors the wires are.

There are 3 wires that are going to be dealt with for the harness install, main power, trigger 1, trigger 2. Starting with the main power to the coil pack you can see it in the upper right hand corner of the coil pack plug as the coil pack would sit in the car. It is black with a white tracer. Pull back the black tape or covering on the harness that runs to the ECU and see which color that is.

It would probably be beneficial at this part to just remove all the covering from that segment of harness until it runs into the larger harness. Cut this wire between the connector and the part where this piece of harness goes into the larger loom. Now you need to figure out which side goes where! Well, the MSD instructions are real easy to follow. This is just MSD's way of running a thicker wire without actually having to do it.

The wires of the same color are going to be hooked to the same place. Soldier, crimp, twist-tie, whatever to join the wires. I suggest you soldier as it will give a better connection and my save some headaches down the road if something corrodes.

Next you will be dealing with the trigger wires.