Re: 74 350 Camaro

chadshelby@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I just bought a 74 Camaro and it's back firing horible when it's idled
up. I've been told; "timing,s-plugs, wires, points, and it needs ahigh
rise intake since it has a new 650 edelbrock on it". I'm going through
the electrical side of things. It has new alternator, plug wires,
points, plugs, & distributor cap. I drove it back home from San Diago
CA to St. Louis, MO. I had to tweak the timing to make it through the
mountins in Vail/Denver. Any ideas?


I have seen the hold down foot of the distributor get corroded so the distributor loses it's ground which causes strange firing something like you describe.

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