6010 problems!!!!
I got so pissed off at mine i just been letting it set for a couple months. I actually wired mine up like it was on a motor stand with its own separate battery and it still wont fire. Its showing about 150 rpm on the laptop but nothing on the tach. Im about ready to throw this msd crap in the trash and go with a holley hp efi. Let me know if you get it figured out.
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By any chance are you using the GM harness for the cam sensor? If not, did you swap the two wires that need to be swapted? If its a front mounted cam sensor. By any chance did you change your timing chain and gears? Is it the right top gear. Next is your ground coming directly from the battery to one of the heads with a jumper going to the other head? And then run the ground from the box directly to the spot the cable that is coming from the battery. MSD says this is the only way these boxes should be grounded. Period. Also you might try disconnecting the tach just to make sure its not shorted out somehow. I didn't read about any of these. Hope it helps.
If I read all this correctly.
1. The wiring is without question correct and all has been replaced as well.
2. Reluctor wheel is present and is 24X not 58X
3. If I understand correctly by the comments the 6010 will not start without a cam sensor the way a GM LS series PCM will. Is this correct?
4. There is no mention of exactly what type of cam sensor configuration is being used on this engine. Is the cam sensor in the back of the block? If so, does the cam have a reluctor ring on it? If it is LS2+ style is the cam sprocket correct and installed properly.
5. Are you using the black 24X crank sensor and not the Grey 58x sensor?
6. Does this engine have an aftermarket stroker crankshaft in it with a larger rear counterweight? According to other things I have read this seems to be a common problem with the 6010 and stroker cranks.
If the MSD 6010 requires a cam signal to fire you need to get an oscilloscope on the cam sensor to see what is going on with it. Better yet if you get a dual channel oscilloscope on both you may find the root of your problem.
1. The wiring is without question correct and all has been replaced as well.
2. Reluctor wheel is present and is 24X not 58X
3. If I understand correctly by the comments the 6010 will not start without a cam sensor the way a GM LS series PCM will. Is this correct?
4. There is no mention of exactly what type of cam sensor configuration is being used on this engine. Is the cam sensor in the back of the block? If so, does the cam have a reluctor ring on it? If it is LS2+ style is the cam sprocket correct and installed properly.
5. Are you using the black 24X crank sensor and not the Grey 58x sensor?
6. Does this engine have an aftermarket stroker crankshaft in it with a larger rear counterweight? According to other things I have read this seems to be a common problem with the 6010 and stroker cranks.
If the MSD 6010 requires a cam signal to fire you need to get an oscilloscope on the cam sensor to see what is going on with it. Better yet if you get a dual channel oscilloscope on both you may find the root of your problem.
I didn't have a problem with mine, either on a stock crank and later on a stroker-lucky I guess
someone tell me this though, if GM, and aftermarket controllers, using FI can have no problem, why cant MSD make it fire
Ign is ign, regardless of fuel delivery-a lot of hi comp FI engines, I am sure they all don't spin fast
so whats diff bet. them
someone tell me this though, if GM, and aftermarket controllers, using FI can have no problem, why cant MSD make it fire
Ign is ign, regardless of fuel delivery-a lot of hi comp FI engines, I am sure they all don't spin fast
so whats diff bet. them
After reading through some of this post and seeing numerous threads titled 6010 problems I'm starting to wonder if the edelbrock boxes are as bad as people make them out to be. Haven't seen to many threads titled edelbrock ignition box issues. Lol
Likely because nobody building a high compression engine is uninformed enough to buy one. Also, doesn't MSD make the Eddy box?
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Verdad Gallardo i understand its made by msd, hell i have owned both of them. anyway people still call them the edelbrock box so thats what im refering to it as, hope the op gets his issue resolved sorry to get off subject.
Either way the reason for posting in this thread is we had one on the engine dyno and could not make it fire under any circumstances. Even spinning the engine 400+ RPM did not result in a functioning system and even tried two known working boxes and harnesses. Plugged the FAST box in yesterday and it busted right off. Go figure.
That is definitely different from what they have been telling everyone up to this date. I have even started my car with the cam sensor unplugged. With it unplugged it starts fine some of the time, backfires like a **** the other half the time.