396/375 hp/motor issues

[stage1scott]

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