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Someassemblyrqd
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Did you grind up a dizzy gear with this new build engine?
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Greg E.
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PHAT69AMX
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In 4 degrees ? ! ... awesome work
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amx007
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Again my thanx to grey ghost ITV just bugs me that it ran good 7 months ago , I ordered a crank bolt so that’s a start in right direction hope weather breaks soon as I can get it towed to grey ghost
and stupid me backed car in so even with heat we had to keep opening the door . I’m wondering what could it be ..?
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dream red white and blue
1968 Chicago auto show amx 290 4 speed 1969 driver Amx 290 auto |
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Grey Ghost
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Dizzy gear was good cam gear looked good in the hole also.
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Lets go racing!
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amx007
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what r thoughts on throwing a 390 in there
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dream red white and blue
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Greyhounds_AMX
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It sounds like your spark quality isn't good enough. Possibly the condenser is shot. Maybe an upgraded distributor is due.
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1968 AMX 390 w/T5
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Greyhounds_AMX
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With 150 psi on each cylinder it seems like you could rule out major internal mechanical problems, like cam timing.
You could pull a plug wire and let the spark jump to ground so you can see the color. Blue white is good, orange not good. The carb could be plugged up with rust fines. Over time I've seen the rust settle to a cake, and the fuel drained out pretty clear then. If you pull the front bowl you'll be able to tell if that could be it as some will settle there first.
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1968 AMX 390 w/T5
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amx007
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carb fresh rebuild from ace
Thinking on changeing to solid state ignition Thoughts Edited by amx007 - Feb/09/2019 at 12:58pm |
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dream red white and blue
1968 Chicago auto show amx 290 4 speed 1969 driver Amx 290 auto |
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Grey Ghost
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Gary we can do an electronic ignition upgrade, I have a stock Motorcraft style distributor (we will need to install your original gear on it) use a GM HEI module and a MSD blaster coil which should give you more spark output. We did this on my sons Pacer when his stock module gave out, it will be more dependable than points.
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Lets go racing!
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amx007
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Hey sonny hope all well, wanting to get runing, paint guy want running car, ( so he can mess it up again ) lol I like the idea of up grading distributor I’m thinking there was a different distributor in there since the old owners switched parts out what if gear is wrong ? I know of a coil distributor in one for sale your thoughts gary
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dream red white and blue
1968 Chicago auto show amx 290 4 speed 1969 driver Amx 290 auto |
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