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Old 05-13-2011, 08:03 PM
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Hey there fellas i am having a weird problem with my car, i am going to start from the beginning first of all my msd distributor went out because the car will just turn off by itself and wont turn on until i moved some cables in the engine compartment and then the car will turn on but then i removed the distributor and put in a stock one and that did the job now after that i bought new wires then put in my coil that i had taken off because i thought that was but it wasn't then my car will just lose power when ever i run the car at high rpm's 3000 rpm or higher it will pop and just be sluggish but if i turn off the car and turn it back on it will be fine and then it will become sluggish if i did the same thing again then i will remove my old msd box and connect regular and the car wouldn't do that so i bought an msd 6AL2 and it is doing the same thing i have ford racing wires changed spark plugs i dont know whats wrong anybody help.
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Old 05-13-2011, 10:59 PM
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c'mon man, I am from Alabama and can write better sentences than that.
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Old 05-14-2011, 08:57 AM
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Holy crap that is one long *** sentence.
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Old 05-14-2011, 12:27 PM
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The Popping is because the pistons are firing before they should. You could have mixed the wire up , put the distributor in one tooth off. Take it to someone that can look at what you got. There is no magic bullet or at least a solution that can be had by guessing at what's wrong with your car.
It's like saying "My car is missing" to that I would say, well go find it.
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Old 05-14-2011, 08:58 PM
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what plugs did you use ?

what gap ?

is your timing set correctly ? and i mean was the SPOUT removed b4 adjusting, then put in after ?

are you sure the firing order is correct and NOT crossfiring wire to wire ?

and are all the boots "snapped" on....not just suctioned on
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Old 05-17-2011, 08:31 PM
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it just pops when i connect the ignition box it started all of a sudden
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