Curious to see if the points correct the misfire.

 

there is a pretty good piece about engine skipping in GM cars by a guy who had a lot of related experience, he explains it it detail...page 80 under "readers respond" in the March 2014 issue of Hemming's Classic Car, FYI. Doug

 

Hello All,


I am planning to install the points and condenser back on the car this weekend. Do you guys know if the Pertronix Coil can be used with standard points. I am just concerned because the Petronix coild is supposed to generate 40,000 volts.


Thanks

 

I don't see a problem with it, but you need to make sure your resistor wire is installed or an aftermarket ballast resistor in series with the coil power wire.

 

The points just serve as a trigger for the coil. The 40,000 volts don't run thru them, just the coil wire to the distributor.

 

Hi! Trying to wake this thread back from the dead. Did you find out what was causing the problem? I am having the same problem only that it is on cylinder 5 on My -64 394 engine.
Sorry for the poor english I'm swedish so i don't know better.

Regards Whobbert

 

Just curious, have you run a compression check on that (and other) cylinder?

 

Aye! The engine is resently rebuilt ANT the compression test shows less then 1% in deviation. I have bin rebuilding the carb 14 Times' trying out new gaskets and flott levers now with the missfire still on number 5. So i got tired Of this carb and just tested a edelbrock 750 and the engine rund like a dream. So that is why i was curios what happend to the starter of the threads engine.

 

interesting. I had a similar issue on a much older (1952) model, fixed it by switching carbs. I attributed it to a vacuum leak.