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    Help: '67 HiPo starts, but won't hold idle below 1500

    Well, good catch. I do have the wrong coil. :shock: I have the Flame-Thrower II epoxy version, which is 45K volt and 0.6 OHM. Pertronix says the regular Flame-Thrower epoxy 40K volt with 1.5 OHM, will work with regular/original Pertronix Ignitors, which is what is under my distributor cap...
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    Help: '67 HiPo starts, but won't hold idle below 1500

    No I didn't put anything special in the gas ...I wasn't planning on storing it ...it was just a rebuild project that went on months and months longer than I thought it would. Beyond cleaning the carb, should I put anything in the gas now? Should I also squirt the carb cleaner down the gas...
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    Help: '67 HiPo starts, but won't hold idle below 1500

    The only thing I did re: Vacuum was disconnect the rubber vacuum tube from the distributor (if that's what you're talking about) briefly when I replaced the distributor cap and plug wires ...seems like the votes are pointing to the carb
  4. M

    Help: '67 HiPo starts, but won't hold idle below 1500

    If I'm heavy with my foot as I turn the ignition, it fires and roars after a few turns ...keeping my foot half-way, it runs at 1600+ or so rpms ...but if I back my foot off even a little, the tach just drops to zero and she's done (sometimes without even a sputter) and if the rpms start to...
  5. M

    Help: '67 HiPo starts, but won't hold idle below 1500

    hmmm, The carb looks awfully clean, and it only had about 3k miles on it before I stopped running it last Fall...?
  6. M

    Help: '67 HiPo starts, but won't hold idle below 1500

    Please help :(: I have a 67 with a recently rebuilt 289 - near HiPo specs: 4 bbl Holley 650 Street Avenger carb Ford HiPo highrise intake Crane mechanical lifter cam Decked and ported HiPo heads Balanced and Blueprinted Pertronix in the distributor and rev limiter unit The story...
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    Late 2010 Mustang 6.2L??

    Yep, in 2011/2012 there are going to be some real game-changers ...Ford business plans were just updated ...indeed, they're bringing back the Boss and the Mach!!!... ...Just like when Ford changed to the Mustang II ...in 2012, aka the FOCUS ...the Boss FOCUS and the Mach FOCUS ...This 2010...
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