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Old 06-07-2025 | 07:49 PM
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Are there any other options for digital ignition mapping for carb'd engines thart includes manifold vac/pressure?

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Old 06-07-2025 | 08:04 PM
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My efi ecu does everything. I just need it to fire the coil off.
I'd just buy a Holley coil driver and eliminate the box and rely on your ECU for timing.

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Old 06-08-2025 | 08:24 AM
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The new box’s we got direct from daytona. New style (rectangular). When setting the timing you go to setting “0” on the box. Thats supposed to let you out a light on it without any of the features kicking in and hold your timing to confirm your max timing. Drop the distributor (pro billet) in at say 30 degrees set it. Now we didnt realize there was a problem because we never put a light back on it once we moved it to i believe setting “3” which is our tune. And shame on me for not putting a light back on it. But i highly advise this. Because when we did put it on, it had thrown 7-10 degrees + timing at it. Im confident that that software in the new box had a issue where when on setting “0 “ static timing it had retarded it the 7-10 degrees. So when we put it to setting 3 our tune ,it added the xtra 7-10 without us knowing. Daytona was great to deal with until we had this issue. My original boxes were great no problems at all so this wasnt our first time installing them. But they pretty much said we installed the box wrong and wernt any help. Im still confident that there boxes are the best on the market for carbed motors to run smoother and idle better. But the software in the bew box didnt “add” timing per say. It retarted it when we went to setting “0” for original setup and once switched to the tune was more than we had planned for. Very difficult to explain typing it out. But just sharing my experience so someone else doesnt detonate there motors aswell. Once we figured this out no issues at all.
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Old 06-18-2025 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Rookie
I'd just buy a Holley coil driver and eliminate the box and rely on your ECU for timing.
Spark won't be strong enough under boost
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Old 06-18-2025 | 12:44 PM
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I installed the $50 replacement crane box. All good again.

I think I'm not going to fix what isn't broken. I'll pick up another spare crane box when I see another clean one.

Thanks for the help all!!!
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Old 06-18-2025 | 02:43 PM
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Spark won't be strong enough under boost
S#it, you use a capacitive not inductive coil.
I knew that... my bad.
Glad my other suggestion worked. lol
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Old 07-22-2025 | 11:39 AM
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Had horrible experience with daytona stuff. Poor service. Bought 4 boxes off them, 2 were the older more square box, about 3 years ago generation. And 2 were the “upgraded” new box more rectangular. The original squares were fine the rectangular ones would add timing (virtually impossible ) but somehow did it out of nowhere, im talking 6-10 degrees. Did some digging on it and im not the only one with this problem. Had them do it on the dyno right infront of us.
I bought my Daytona a season ago, had many recommendations on it on this forum . Boat started and ran very good . Last Sunday I started my scarab all good went to plain and didn’t pass the 2700rpm !!! Full throttle and nothing stuck there 2700. Finally got out of plain and reved all the way no issues at all going 4000 floor it and it runs perfectly. Went to a beach after several hours start it up same no issues going to plain stuck at 2700 . Was thinking and thinking. My engine builder did a map on it and I never touched it . Yesterday called Daytona they said that mode 1 is set for map modification and mode zero is stock map . 2 to 9 modes are blank. Manual say other wise .

when you say your timing was 6-10 degree? What exactly you mean ?
And what did you do to fix this issue ?
You set the distributor with a strobe lite and worked good ?
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Originally Posted by Bulitz1
I bought my Daytona a season ago, had many recommendations on it on this forum . Boat started and ran very good . Last Sunday I started my scarab all good went to plain and didn’t pass the 2700rpm !!! Full throttle and nothing stuck there 2700. Finally got out of plain and reved all the way no issues at all going 4000 floor it and it runs perfectly. Went to a beach after several hours start it up same no issues going to plain stuck at 2700 . Was thinking and thinking. My engine builder did a map on it and I never touched it . Yesterday called Daytona they said that mode 1 is set for map modification and mode zero is stock map . 2 to 9 modes are blank. Manual say other wise .

when you say your timing was 6-10 degree? What exactly you mean ?
And what did you do to fix this issue ?
You set the distributor with a strobe lite and worked good ?
Did you solve the 2700 max rpm issue?

Good info, what serting were you on during your 'issue'?
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Old 07-22-2025 | 01:17 PM
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No didnt solve it yet , i will try basics . My dominator 1050 see if its starving fuel and ignition I chq it out with a strobe lite to see if timing changed . I did it 35 at 3000 . That what i was recommended to time
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Old 07-22-2025 | 03:13 PM
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No didnt solve it yet , i will try basics . My dominator 1050 see if its starving fuel and ignition I chq it out with a strobe lite to see if timing changed . I did it 35 at 3000 . That what i was recommended to time
Let's hope for something simple and not a Daytona issue.

Fuel filter clogged with water?

Distributors can have mechanical failures as well, throwing off timing.

I just had a customer's carbed 454 in a Chev truck come in, found the base HEI timing was 60° advanced. Not a typo. Had to use another timing light to confirm. That's with the vac adv unhooked. Used premium fuel, never any detonation. But I think it smoked the rings. The distributor was loose. Not my work...lol.
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