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93blown50

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I have a 1993 mustang with 5.0 It has a paxton supercharger my problem is it has a miss at high rpms when it is cold is there anyone who could help me.
 

BlownFiveLiter

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Do you have any other mods? A signature with your mod list helps to give us ideas of what may be going on.
 
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what are your spark plugs gapped to? perhaps your blowing out spark.
 
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What 86 said...

In addition, check for vac leaks and temporarily disconnect and cap your vac/boost gauge. If that fixes the problem. Find your self a piece of metal that fits snugly into the line for your vac gauge. Drill a .050 hole in that piece of metal and install it in-line of the gauge.

I've see this solve half a dozen or so, cases of the symptoms that you describe.
 
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Are you running a MSD or another ignition system? The stocker won't always do the job when there's a power adder involved.
 
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The only mods that are done to the car is the supercharger the fmu ford racing wires and a msd cap i am boosting around 6-7 psi I have went one step colder on the plugs and they are gapped at .050 I do not think that I mentioned that it was spark knocking when it is missing which kind of makes that it could be running lean by the way thanks for all of the help.
 

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retard timing and bump fuel
 

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Where's your base timing set? That could very well be the cause of your detonation. You should close the plug gap down some, too. I bet you're blowing out the spark. I don't think I have my NA combo gapped that wide. Someone with a S/C will have to give you an idea where to gap the plugs, I don't have one and I'd probably just feed you some misinformation on that, having no experience in that area.
 
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Plugs should be gapped to .035
 
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Daggar said:
Plugs should be gapped to .035
Click to expand...

What he said ^^
 
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