Help!! Engine Miss

[Ben Kallies]

Hans - When the problem started, I was using my old battery. I replaced it last month with a brand new one.

Larry - Good thoughts. I wouldn't have considered that. If I can pinpoint the problem to the wiring, I plan to just replace it all.

Alan - I'm leaning towards doing what your saying. If I can find one, I may just wire in an HEI as someone had previously suggested, and eliminate the ignition system this way.

Bob - At this point, I'm pretty confident that it's not the carb or fuel system. Fuel pressure is steady as a rock, and the plugs definitely do no show a lean condition. I'm actually seeing some unburned fuel, pointing me towards the ignition system.

TWRS2006 - The distributor was just out, and looks great. I tried another distributor this past weekend, and the problem persists. The distributor connector from the MSD is the same one that I used before with no problems, so I know that the wires aren't crossed.

Thank you again to everyone for your responses. You're ideas keep me thinking and I find them very encouraging. We'll get this figured out eventually.

-Ben

[Monte Howard]

My first thought was the wires from the msd box to distributor, do not let them go anywhere near the coil, I know this has been suggested already. So I would look at the wiring/ switches you changed then I would throw a different carb on and see.
I have had two quadrajets over the years that went bad all of the sudden. They would not rev over 4500 rpm. Rebuilt them several times with the same results. Finally gave up and they are in the trash now. Don't assume the carb is ok, the only way to know for sure is by trying a different carb.
If a different carb doesn't work, I think I would rewire the entire car with a nice new switch panel.