Milezero
Well-Known Member
Need a little help here. 79 Lebaron, stock rebuild 360. Lean Burn delete. Running an Edelbrock AVS2 4 bbl on a stock intake (Motor and parts have maybe 2000 miles on them). The shop that did the engine swap (before my time) installed what I believe to ba a Procomp 7000 series distributor. It's got fresh plugs and Taylor wires. Here's my issue:
The car runs fine if not pushed. Under heavy acceleration, about 2 of 10 times, the motor stumbles and sputters, and has died a couple times. When it acts up, if I back off, then feather the gas a little, it usually, but not always, clears up once the PRM's drop back to no throttle speed. At first I thought it was fuel related. I've replaced the fuel tank, fuel pump, filter, blown out the fuel lines, and just rebuilt the carb. I took the time to ensure every adjustment on the carb is correct. Alas, it's still doing it!
I now suspect the issue may be ignition related, as in the cheap distributor that was installed. Does anyone have experience or comments/reviews on this distributor and it's quality? I want to go with the Mopar Electronic kit just because I've rarely had issues with them, but I'd like to retain the HEI style cap with the clip on wire ends.
Any advice or suggestions guys??
The car runs fine if not pushed. Under heavy acceleration, about 2 of 10 times, the motor stumbles and sputters, and has died a couple times. When it acts up, if I back off, then feather the gas a little, it usually, but not always, clears up once the PRM's drop back to no throttle speed. At first I thought it was fuel related. I've replaced the fuel tank, fuel pump, filter, blown out the fuel lines, and just rebuilt the carb. I took the time to ensure every adjustment on the carb is correct. Alas, it's still doing it!
I now suspect the issue may be ignition related, as in the cheap distributor that was installed. Does anyone have experience or comments/reviews on this distributor and it's quality? I want to go with the Mopar Electronic kit just because I've rarely had issues with them, but I'd like to retain the HEI style cap with the clip on wire ends.
Any advice or suggestions guys??