Page 2 - WIRING; the coil positive terminal.; PROTECTION; operate once the surge or polarity is corrected.; LED INDICATOR; White wire is not connected.
2 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 WIRING Ignition supply wire. Connects to battery positive (+) terminal or battery junction. Note: Do not connect to the alternator. Ignition...
Page 3 - Acquisition Record function.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 3 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 Limit Lt Green Accessories Dark Blue This wire activates the Launch Rev Limit and is the main reset wire for several features of the Ignitio...
Page 4 - Locate and open the CD Drive.; SAVES AND TRANSFERS; There are two ways to save your files.; Figure 1 Wiring the Programmable Digital-7 Plus Ignition.
4 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 PRO-DATA+ INSTALLATION OF THE PRO-DATA+ SOFTWARE 1. Insert the installation CD Rom into the CD drive, wait up to 30 seconds, the CD will aut...
Page 5 - one or just a couple modifications this works well.; PROGRAMMABLE FEATURES
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 5 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 Save to MSD: This step will save any changes directly into the ignition. If you are only making one or just a couple modifications this work...
Page 6 - REV LIMITS; and BurnOut limits are off.; REVLIMIT CURVE; RPM: Adjust from the Rev Limit chart of graph view.; RPM SLEW
6 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 REV LIMITS Up to four different rev limits can be programmed in 100 rpm increments. RevBurn: Burnout Rev Limit. This limit is activated when...
Page 7 - SlewOff: Activates the Slew Rev Limiting feature. Default is Off.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 7 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 capabilities. At lower rpm, there are less revolutions per second so the Margin should be set lower. At high rpm there are more combustion e...
Page 8 - Figure 3 Different Retard Activation Options.; TIME
8 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 added together. The maximum retard allowed by the Ignition is a total of 30° (including other retard amounts from a launch, boost or gear re...
Page 9 - GEAR SELECT; back on it, the ignition will not count it as a gear change.; GEAR RETARDS; and copy the curve, then select Paste All.; BOOST RETARD CURVE; Note: The Boost Retard Curve default is 0° retard.; 0psia or 45psia sensor. Default is 15psia.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 9 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 GEAR SELECT The Three Step Retard wires, Pink (1), Violet (2) and Tan (3) can also be wired to indicate the first three gear changes to the ...
Page 10 - ADVANCE
10 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 ADVANCE This is a Gear Shift Advance feature that is designed to advance the timing (or remove any retards) during a shift to keep the comb...
Page 11 - RPM On: Rpm that the circuit is activated; SHIFT LIGHT; RpmHi: The high rpm for the launch light program.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 11 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 RPM/TIME/PRESSURE ACTIVATION SWITCH This program lets you activate a circuit by supplying a ground path on the Brown/White wire (up to 3 Am...
Page 12 - ALERTS; to show and how often. The alerts are No Cam Sync and Low Battery.; ACQUIRE
12 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 ALERTS This is used with the Hand Held Monitor, PN 7550 and a pop up alert window appears on the PC screen. You can program an alert to int...
Page 14 - DEFAULT V8 MENU; MSD Digital Race Ignition.
14 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 DEFAULT V8 MENU Notes: 7531V08. Uses menu 7531MO8 MSD Digital Race Ignition. Factory default data and menu. 7531 MO8 Monitor Stats Stat 1 R...
Page 15 - CONNECTING THE REV LIMITS; record just before the car stages.; REV LIMIT WIRING THE SPOOL REV LIMIT; Light Blue and Dark Blue wires are connected to 12 volts.; Figure 4 Typical Wiring of Rev Limits.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 15 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 CONNECTING THE REV LIMITS When you connect the Burnout, Launch and Spool Rev Limits, it is important to pay close attention to the acquisit...
Page 16 - Figure 6 Acquisition Charts.; ACQUISITION; -4 to allow opening up to four different acquisition file windows.
16 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 Figure 6 Acquisition Charts. ACQUISITION The Programmable Plus Ignition Control can provide you with 18 seconds of ignition data during eac...
Page 17 - and dragging it to the Analyze box or any other Trace Box.; TRACE BOX AND ANALYSIS BOX; from the Analyze and another 32 from the Trace box.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 17 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 There will be two windows available in the Launch History screen; a History Analyze window and the other is called History Traces. (If they...
Page 18 - step retard is active.; HISTORY ANALYZE WINDOW; the PSIg or InchHg value in the History Files.
18 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 RpmSw: When the Value function is selected, this will show the RPM Activated Switch as being On or Off. Step1: When the Value function is c...
Page 19 - filtering will distort the data.; TIPS ON HELPING PROGRAM A SLEW RATE REV LIMIT; clutch setup and gear ratio are all consistent.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 19 M S D • W W W . M S D P E R F O R M A N C E . C O M • ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 5 2 0 0 • F A X ( 9 1 5 ) 8 5 7 - 3 3 4 4 Average Column: This column puts a filter of sorts on the data. The setting is defaulted to one, meaning that you are viewing the raw data ...
Page 20 - Limited Warranty; Service; Proof of Purchase must be supplied for verification. After; issued to them before; M S D; TECH NOTES
Limited Warranty M SD warrants this product to be free from defects in material and workmanship under its intended normal use*, when properly installed and purchased from an authorized MSD dealer, for a period of one year from the date of the original purchase. This warranty is void for any products...