It's been a while...kids job etc. Here goes the tale. 5 years ago I had a small accessories fire that took out windows door locks nos controller but did no other damage. The car was not drivable in that state at the time as I believed the damage was far worse. A day to a week new job, moved built a house...stang sat covered with 2000 miles on ...everything until 1 month ago.
Cleaned it up, removed bad wiring and focused on the engine. Got the wiring figured out, clean the engine bay up, pulled all plugs, oiled the cylinders, hand turned the engine. Filled my pre oiler with 2 quarts and pushed that through the motor. Connected new optima, and turned the key.
Started right up. Ran for a minute or so then turned it off for review. No leaks all looks as it should. Went to start again....nada, no spark. Trouble shot, MSD 6al is the culprit. Bought new ...had to do new wiring as my old one was pre connector.
Got done, tested for spark, nice! Turned the key...started right up!...sounded cold normal. Ran about 30 seconds, coughed and died abruptly.
Since then it will only start with throttle, will not run without throttle. Behaves similar to a rev limiter in sound with additional throttle and bogged down. I believe all cylinders fire. Note I have not touched nor altered any timing components. I run the big MSD billet distributor, 13 degrees initial advance 35 total mechanical all in by 3000 mag pickup.
I believe the "cough" which sound more like a weeze. Air pushed back through the intake without a spark??...I was in the cab at the time. Anyway is the big clue. As well I believe the engine is running hot but difficult to tell. 8m .04 over on the original '64 block. ..she heats quick.
I've also thought of head gaskets, lm 11.8:1. But don't have a reason. ..age? Sitting? Also thought it sounds really really rich. I did pull the carb ...very clean inside and put it back together prior to first start....just what I do before I start carb'd engines.
What are the 1, 2, 3 things to check?
Please help me think through the symptoms to at least understand what the motor is doing....
Thanks!
Cleaned it up, removed bad wiring and focused on the engine. Got the wiring figured out, clean the engine bay up, pulled all plugs, oiled the cylinders, hand turned the engine. Filled my pre oiler with 2 quarts and pushed that through the motor. Connected new optima, and turned the key.
Started right up. Ran for a minute or so then turned it off for review. No leaks all looks as it should. Went to start again....nada, no spark. Trouble shot, MSD 6al is the culprit. Bought new ...had to do new wiring as my old one was pre connector.
Got done, tested for spark, nice! Turned the key...started right up!...sounded cold normal. Ran about 30 seconds, coughed and died abruptly.
Since then it will only start with throttle, will not run without throttle. Behaves similar to a rev limiter in sound with additional throttle and bogged down. I believe all cylinders fire. Note I have not touched nor altered any timing components. I run the big MSD billet distributor, 13 degrees initial advance 35 total mechanical all in by 3000 mag pickup.
I believe the "cough" which sound more like a weeze. Air pushed back through the intake without a spark??...I was in the cab at the time. Anyway is the big clue. As well I believe the engine is running hot but difficult to tell. 8m .04 over on the original '64 block. ..she heats quick.
I've also thought of head gaskets, lm 11.8:1. But don't have a reason. ..age? Sitting? Also thought it sounds really really rich. I did pull the carb ...very clean inside and put it back together prior to first start....just what I do before I start carb'd engines.
What are the 1, 2, 3 things to check?
Please help me think through the symptoms to at least understand what the motor is doing....
Thanks!