Ok, Lets make the story short and say that i drove my car with the timing advanced ALOT..... The car stalled out up the road, and i readjusted the timing back to its normal position. It still wouldnt start. it started after 5 minutes turning over. I drove it home, it ran fine, idled, reved up fine, etc. I went to start it this morning and it wouldn't start for nothing. I put a new distributer in it today, and it started after awhile. I took it for a spin, and when i punched it at like 5-10 miles a hour, the car bogs quickly and cuts off. Then it takes another 5 minutes to start it again, usually whgen i advance the timing, it'll start again. Once it runs, it runs great. This is really bogging my mind.

 

sounds like some of the problems my77stang was working on watch out

 

It almost sounds like it could also be a fuel delivery problem...as in too much fuel and it's flooding.

 

Well, Im suspecting the carburator, but what is causing it to start once i advance the timing?

 

sounds like you shoulda not touched your timing

 

+1, My first thought also.

 

yea thats the part I don't get either,,,, could your coil be bad??? coil could be intermitant.

(might start with the timing change due to luck/coincidence?)

 

check if you get spark when it doesn't start

 

Haha, i know i shouldn't have messed with timing, thats a good idea, ill check for spark next time. It cant be the carburetor? Thanks guys, im really mad about all this. [:@]

 

Well guys, here's the dealo. I pulled out all the plugs, and they were dirty, but i checked each one for spark and cleaned them. The timing is right, they plugs are sparking, etc. The only thing I noticed was the spark wasn't consistent when i was turning over the engine, I wonder if this is the coil or pertronix, even though both are around a year old. Also, the plugs are wet like the carb is flooding, idk.I NEED MY CAR FIXED, What can this possibly be.