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Old 03-13-2011, 04:15 PM
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Unhappy 89 5.0 help

i have a 89 5.0 that i have put victor jr heads on everything is wired correctly i have double checked everything, firing order. valves, wiring harness vaccume lines and intake for leaks. car ran perfect before now it will not idle and has a miss on cyl 5 thru 8 but runs good at wide open throtle, plugs 5 thru 8 are black and 1 thru 4 look perfect please help if you can
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Old 03-13-2011, 08:55 PM
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what firing order are you using ?

did you check that TDC was on compression b4 re-stabbing the dizzy ?
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Old 03-14-2011, 04:45 PM
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the firing order im using is 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 and when i put the dist. back in i had #1 piston on tdc
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