i unplugged the wire going to the magnetic pick up that goes to the distributor. i unplugged the coil wire from the cap and put a sparkplug in it and i turned the key on, i shorted out the wire going to the pickup from the box and it would make one little spark then you could short it out several more times with no spark, it should spark every time i short it out.i think this indicates a bad box even though the box lights up when you turn the key on. is the original 6al better than the digital 6al?i drive mostly on the street,but its usually short drives near home,run it through the gears a few times and put it up.i dont think i need the features of some of the high end race boxes but i would like to have one that will work good for a fairly hot street motor.

i put a new coil on today and it still wont fire up.i unplugged the coil wire from the dist cap and put a spark plug in it.i turned the engine over and the plug would spark one time only.then after s few more tries it would spark again.or if i turned the key off and back on it would spark one more time.is this normal or should i try something different.i hate to keep throwing parts at it.any ideas?

i didn't change anything.it was running fine then it burned a hole in the rotor tip and would not start,i replaced the cap and rotor,still wont start.i double checked the wiring but it has not been messed with since running.it almost has to be the box,pickup,or the coil

heres a good point for the 160 guys,ethanol fuels boil in the carb at high temps,and we all know what that causes.i could see it boiling through the sight holes on the side of the carb.thats why i keep mine cool,plus it runs better,win win

bbm heads.my timing is set at 33,are you saying i need to put the pointer at 33 before tdc

i switched from a good set of factory rockers to HS and i lost 10 pound from 85 to 75 at startup and idle went down even more.

the cell is new from summit book.it has been filled maybe 15 or 20 times.could me sticking nozzle in to fill tear little pieces off.

i bought an old engine that was so gummed up that the pushrods had to be chissled out to remove them