SpoolnG2

So i'm driving my car and jump on it...runs like a champ...again..again..again. Then after I do it a few times and i go to do it again, it misfires and doesnt pull strong to redline. Sounds like an ignition problem. Coil ? Ignition Box? Wires? Cap? Rotor? If it is one of those though, how come it runs good and then all of a sudden runs like ***. The Coil/cap/Box are MSD and are all about 3 years old. Maybe time for a new coil? what do u guys think?

NVturbo

Sounds like....foul spark plugs...!!!

SpoolnG2

why would it run fine and not misfire....then all of a sudden just start to misfire?

GEN2TEG

I had the same problem a while back and turned out it was the damn MSD wires. Not sure what wires your running but go with stock Honda.

SpoolnG2

yeah, i'm running MSD wires. Maybe I should try out some stockers? Anything else u guys can think of? Probably also just needs to be tuned. What exactly was yours doing with the msd wires?

INVALID

With the upgrade to the ignition, wouldn't the smaller wires defeat some of the purpose of having the ignition and cap?

SpoolnG2

i dont think you would lose that much really. Other then the plugs any other ideers?

INVALID

Have you inspected your spark plugs? If you do still have the stock wires laying around, no sense in not trying it out to see if the car runs fine.

tegedrex

had this same problem just pulled the plugs and went a step colder and .025 gap

SpoolnG2

you know what, you may be right. I just went out there and regapped the plugs again and it seems like the gap got bigger from last time. Right now i'm running a BKR7E with a .029 - .030 gap. Running 13.2psi

what plug should i run? Is it possibly its getting so hot in there the plug is expanding when heated after a while, and then the gap goes to big and therefore runs like ***?

tegedrex

Thats what I got now, and went to .025. Im only pushing 9psi but made 312hp w/ them. If they go I get the 9's next

SpoolnG2

what plug are you running? you think its possible for the plug to expand like that after its heated so many times?

tegedrex

im runnin BKR7E now, and when I first put thise in I was at .030 and missing under boost so I went down to .025 and fixed my prob.

SpoolnG2

maybe the plug just needs to be gapped smaller...or it needs a colder plug? I'm not sure.

tegedrex

ight as well try a smaller gap before going to buy colder plugs, I think that should solve the problem

ImportHatch

maybe the dist? My car did that when my dist seal was leaking.

Yager-

SpoolnG2

no, not the distributor. I regapped the plugs last night and took it for a ride and it ran good. Maybe the plugs just need to be gapped smaller...the only thing i can really think of.

NVturbo

hey..if your car starts sounding like a "helicopter" and is unable to make boost...( i had this problem before )...it is your wires!!...I had MSD wires once...replaced them with stockers..and problem was resolved.


Modified by NVturbo at 9:53 PM 6/28/2004

Boltz

Didn't know you had your car on the street josh, hows it running? Well besides the obvious problem that this thread states.

justin

nevin

i vote ignitor