<VV> Got A Question

[Dave Keillor]

It's very, very likely an electrical problem.  I had the exact symptoms
that I finally traced to bad plug wires.  You can usually see them
glowing or arcing in the dark.  Others have suggested other possible
causes to check.

Dave Keillor
 
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From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of gwd601 at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 11:05 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Got A Question

Mike, I am a member of CORSA and my local chapter , Friends of Corvair
here in Ohio and I have an ignition problem w/ my 63 Monza that
"appears" to be unique to my car that I find hard to believe.?Here it
is.
The car starts and runs just fine when it is cold. 17 miles later across
the freeway, about the time the engine is fully warmed up, the car
begins missing, breaking up and will hardley pull away from a stop. If
you floor the accelerator the engine will just stall, you need to really
feather it to crawl along and begin picking up speed again. Not good. I
have been through all aspects of both fuel and ignition and what has
seemed to have "fixed" the problem is a new performance coil that allows
the car to drive about 98% normal. It still? seems like just a little
bit of a miss at times when fully warmed up but no driveability problems
compared to before w/ the old coil. In my experience w/ this thing, I
found that the coil gets extreamly hot due ofcourse to?its location. Yes
my vent doors are working fine.
I tried several other old OE coils and they too failed.?I can't believe
that I am the only one haveing problems w/ old ignition coils getting
too hot. IF that is really the problem.
The car is a 63 Monza cpe. 85hp / auto with 45,000 miles. It has been in
our family for 30 yrs and I know the cars history as I have been the
only one ever to work on it. It has new wires and plugs ect. Carbs
rebuilt and fuel system checked out including a new pump. 
Any advice would be apprciated.
Thank you.
Gary DeMoss
Bath Oh.
gwd601 at aol.com
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