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Old 08-05-2009, 09:48 AM
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Default Odd "miss and hit" during acceleration

Car has been working great, but today a new problem started. During fairly hard acceleration, the engine suddenly seems to "miss and hit" for a second. Almost like opening secondaries, but quicker. It's a hiccup of an accelerating engine, not a pop out the exhaust or carbs.

Very difficult to describe, but almost like a shot rod bearing allowed the piston to hit the head for a second. So it could be a mechanical problem with just rebuilt engine, but there are no signs such as smoke or metal in the oil.

I suspect a carb issue. I have twin vacumm Holley's with the light springs installed. I checked the vacumm hose connecting the two secondaries and found it accidently bent down under the ignition wires, but it seemed "crack-free" other than that.

Not sure what symptoms to expect if a power valve failed.

Anyone got any ideas for this "hard to describe" problem?
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