<VV> Update on engine cutting out

[Anil Mittal]

Hello All,

Here is an update on the below, and help would be greatly
appreciated. I replaced the coil with an Accel Super Stock coil last
week and still had the same problem as below. Last night I picked up
a new ignition module for the HEI and installed it. While I was
replacing the module I also removed the tach wire from the coil to
rule out a bad tachometer. I drove the car about 25 miles and like
clock work the engine went dead as I came to a stop light. I quickly
grabbed by VMM and checked a few things. I found that I still had the
correct 12V to the ignition module and coil. I also still had a good
ground for the body of the ignition module. I noticed that something
did change though. I could start the car fairly easily but it would
only stay running at higher RPMs when I depressed the accelerator
pedal, it would not idle normally until it cooled for a few minutes.
Another thing that changed is that the "cool down" time is much
shorter now, on the order of 2 to 3 minutes and not 10 minutes. I
don't even have to open the hood for the cool down, just wait a few
minutes and I am off on my way till it warms up again. It looks like
I am getting spark since I can start it and it will run at higher
RPMs and I am getting fuel since it will run at the higher RPMs. What
would cause a hot motor to not want to idle? Thank you for any help!

Anil



Hello All,

I have been out of the Corvair loop for about 2 years now. Changing
jobs, moving coast to coast, buying a house and fixing it up has
kept my Corvair under cover in the garage for too long now. But
finally I see the light at the end of the tunnel, the house projects
are almost done, the last snow has fallen (I hope) and the weather
is warming up. Time to get the Corvair back on the road. My car is a
66 Monza Cvt with a 140 engine and a PG trans. I have two questions
for the group:

QUESTION 1:

Backround: 

My car has a Dale built distributor which is the correct one for 
this Trans/engine combination. The distributor has a Dale HEI 
ignition. Yeah I know it is overkill for this application but while 
I was working on the distributor/ignition I wanted to replace 
everything. The coil which is on the car now says Fire Ball on it. 
The distributor cap and rotor are fairly new and show no wear. The 
plug wires are from Seth and are in good shape. When I installed the
electronic ignition I bypasses the resistor wire in the harness so
that the coil and ignition get a full 12V.

Problem: 

The car starts fine, idles fine, has great power and throttle 
response. After I drive it for a number of miles (20 to 30) the car 
just quits. If I let it cool down for about 10 minutes it starts up 
fine and all is good till it warms up again and the sit and cool 
cycle starts again. I don't think this is vapor lock since I can see
a stream of gas from the accelerator pumps even when the car does
not want to start. Would this indicate a bad coil? I do not know the
age of the coil. Should I have not run 12V to the coil and ignition?