[DeTomaso] Ignition truble

[bill gaino]

Not to make it too simple, I had the same problem. I changed wires plugs and timing, Finally I found the ball missing from under the center of the distributor cap, I replaced it and it still cut up and skipped bad, I replaced the plugs again and GAPPED them at .050   It has run perfect ever since. The MSD requires the .050 inch gap.. and also a full 12-13 volts..low voltage will also cause poor performance.....Bill 1362

-----Original Message-----
>From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F8rn_C._Olsen?=" <joernco at online.no>
>Sent: Jun 8, 2008 1:56 PM
>To: Will Kooiman <wkooiman at earthlink.net>, detomaso at realbig.com
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble
>
>No, I have an aftermarked damper, don`t remember the fabrication.
>
>J.C
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Will Kooiman" <wkooiman at earthlink.net>
>To: "'Jørn C. Olsen'" <joernco at online.no>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:20 PM
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble
>
>
>> Is it the original Ford damper?  It may have slipped.  That would explain
>> the timing slipping.  It wouldn't explain the misfiring, though.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
>> On
>> Behalf Of Jørn C. Olsen
>> Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 3:02 PM
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Ignition truble
>>
>> Hi!
>> On my first drive this summer with my Pantera it started to misfire and 
>> lost
>> power.  Tried to change the spark plugs and the cables but same result. 
>> On
>> friday we checked the ignition timing and it showed 0 degrees.  I don`t
>> understand that because the distributor was not loose and we timed it to 
>> 30
>> degrees when we had it in the dyno last year.  We timed it back to 30
>> degrees and it became better but I can feel it is something wrong when I
>> drive it.  It has not full power and has a small klicking sound in the 
>> left
>> exhaust.
>> I run it with an MSD Billett distributor and a MSD 6AL ignition box.
>> Can it be the distributor pin who is giving up slowly?
>> Anybody??
>>
>> J.C
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