396/375 hp/motor issues

stage1scott · 04-09-2013, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lee

Last time I had a car with that Petronix in it it ran pretty much as you are describing. It was in the car when I bought it. I went to auto zone, paid about $55 for a rebuilt single-point distributor and the AMX instantly ran perfect. Also picked up about 800 RPM.
Pull one plug wire at a time, ground it and see if you have spark out of all 8.

Me too-went through 2 of those junkers then bought a ford dura spark dist to power an msd box-cured months of frustration! now I just say no to pertronix

pmrphil · 04-09-2013, 11:12 PM

Chris - try swapping distributors and see if the problem goes away

04-09-2013, 11:12 PM	#2
pmrphil Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: CT Posts: 462 Likes: 1,830 Liked 348 Times in 152 Posts	Re: 396/375 hp/motor issues Chris - try swapping distributors and see if the problem goes away __________________ Phil Molski PMR Performance S/C 1623

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