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help me fix my missing 302HO

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DarkoStoj

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I just bought a 65 mustang and its got a 302HO in it with a miss that i've been trying to figure out. I hate when things like this happen because it seems like you just have to guess as to what the problem might be and you end up replacing a lot of stuff that you dont have to to fix the problem. Its a 87 302 with a F303 cam, air gap intake, holley 750 double pumper, world windsor jr heads, msd large cap distributor, msd wires, 6AL ignition, and NGK UR4 spark plugs. I pulled the plugs and they were the wrong kind for the heads, they were like a .700 reach plug where the heads need a .460 reach plug and I thought that would have fixed it, but it only runs a little better after I did that. I cleaned all the terminals in the dist cap and that also helped some but there is still a miss. I was thinking about getting new taylor plug wires next but the wires on it look like they are brand new and i think it would probably be a waste of money. What do you guys think I should do next?
 
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86bluecobra

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You could do an ohm meter test on your spark plug wires to see if maybe one just has to high of resistance. Also at night fire your car up and look for a spark jumping to your headers.
 

93 LX

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make sure the grounds for the MSD and engine are good. Bad ground will cause a missed pulse from the distributor.
 
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