240zchevyv8
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Hello everybody not sure if any one will be able to help with this one, right my 240z has a 1962 327 cubic inch 5.4 litre chevy v8 installed in it, every thing is fine but the tick over is very rough, i was told it had lopy cams in it when i bought it so thought it was this, but wasnt sure so checked everything to do with the timing all ok, except that when i put the timing light on the car its as if it misses every few seconds (flashes correctly then stops for a mili-second or so then is normal again), ive got 2 timing lights and there both the same so rules out a faulty light, it does it on all the cylinders, have new leads fitted so dont htink it is that, thing is how do i tell if it is a faulty distrubutor or coil, one thing pointing to these is the car is smoking a bit but not burning oil, probably due to unburnt fuel in the bores when the engine misses, is it just a case put in a new distrubutor and coil and see what happens, the coil is a accel 8140 which says it does not need a resistor but car came with the 240z resistor and another one installed, i removed them because i read on a forum that cars with electronic ignition do not need resistors, but would this cause the fault i have, the car drives ok but stumbles on over run or while easing of the gas,