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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Try gapping the plugs to .035 or .040. See if that helps. I'm not sure what pistons your running but higher compression should require tighter gap then stock. Are you sure your valves are adjusted right?
Old Oct 4, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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stock pistons. my valves are loose i know that. I pulled the spout and it did not rattle anymore.
Old Oct 4, 2007 | 07:42 PM
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Your mod list says 306. I know that speed pro stock replacement pistons give higher compression then stock. Try regapping the plugs. Also with the 30# injectors and your mods you might be loading up on fuel up top. Might want to try pulling some fuel pressure.
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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if it was loading up it would not rattle. the rattle is caused by lasck of fuel or to much air. I have made timing so low it would bearly run and fp like 30 and it still does it. It has to be something eletrical.
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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i'm too lazy to read the rest...

what is your C/R?
what octane are you using?
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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fixed, new dizzybernie i thanks ya. the spout idea lead me to think the dizzy was bad.
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 06:57 PM
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is dizzy a short term for something?
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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fixed, new dizzybernie i thanks ya. the spout idea lead me to think the dizzy was bad.
How did the spout out lead you to think the dizzy was bad? All the spout does is allow the ECM to advance the timing, with out it, the timing doesn't advance so you don't get detonation.
Old Oct 5, 2007 | 07:01 PM
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is dizzy a short term for something?
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 05:03 AM
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Because I had a repo distributor in the car and it fit like **** and I could swear it never worked right. So Bernie told me to pull the spout and see what happened. So I did and nothing, not rattle, ping, or pops of anykind. So i figured that the alignment in the distributor was off and when it advanced it was going to far. So I went to the junk yard and got a ford distributor out of a 88gt and now she runs great.



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