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Loss of power on acceleration

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rwood126

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I have a 89 vert gt 5speed mostly stock....other than pulleys...coil..FR wires and 3.73 gears.

My car has been sitting up for about 3 weeks ....so I decided to take it out today because this is the first weekend we haven't had rain in about 10 weeks.
So anyways...I take it down the street and noticed when I acelerate going through the gears the car has no power and the whole car shakes pretty bad.
But at crusing speed its just fine.

The last thing I changed was the coil (MSD Blaster TFI Coil). I have only put about 6 miles on since the coil change.

Could it be the coil?
 
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I'd say you definitely have some sort of an ignition issue. Swap the original coil back in, check all your wires to make sure they're seated correctly, and take a good look at the cap and rotor.

Also, the old trick of letting the car idle at night and looking for sparks really does work.

Good luck...
 
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rwood126

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I'll try that ....thanks
 
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