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04-11-2009 12:10 PM #1
460 looseing spark after warmed up
I have cobra kit car with a 79 ford 460 in it nothing to fancey, i am running a mallory distributor with a msd blaster coil , reason why is, i was running the mallory coil without a balast resistor and she cracked open. The car starts right up, i pulled the wires and checked the spark and it was cracking prety good, i ran till it warmed up and then is started missing, i pulled a wire to check the spark and it was no ware near the spark it was at when i first started it. The coil is maybe 2 months old. What you think.
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04-11-2009 12:15 PM #2
It's a good place to start. Plus the fords are suppose to have the resistor wire going to them, unless your new ignition system is designed not to? My 460 has a internal resistor built into the (mallory)coil, so I wouldn't have to put an external one on the block or firewall." "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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04-11-2009 12:20 PM #3
I installed the ballast resistor befor i put the new coil on
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04-11-2009 12:35 PM #4
How are the old wires? And have you checked your timing? Any lose vacuum lines? Just guessing here. Good clean heavy guage grounds to frame and block?" "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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04-11-2009 12:46 PM #5
Wires are new, timing is good,vacs are good and ground is good. Runs perfect until it gets to opperating temp.
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04-11-2009 03:52 PM #6
I had a friend whose motorcycle ran great until it warmed up, then it would shut down. Drove us crazy trying to figure out what was wrong with it. Turned out his condensor needed to be replaced. Sometimess warmed up cars have choke problems too. Maybe some other guys will chime in with their thoughts." "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
The first model car I built was a 32 Ford roadster by Revell in the mid 50's.
How did you get hooked on cars?