Well about 8 hours later ( it would have been more if not for the help of many people on this forum) new delco and msd plugs are installed. I put the alternator and started back in, connected the battery. Car started perfect, let it warm up for awhile. Drove it for about 20 feet and it started acting up. back firing, no accelaration, ruff idol also the ABS INOP light came on!! never saw that light before....Im really mad about all the time I spent and now the car is worst than it was a big waste of time...

 

check your fuel pressure...

 

Did you gap your spark plugs? Are you sure you have all the wires on correctly and going to the right cylinders?

 

Yes I gapped the plugs to .050, checked the wire hook up twice. Also installed a new driver belt while I was at it. Everything seems correct. Didnt check fuel pressure though.

 

that sounds like an SP wire on the wrong cylinder...but I'm not a guru so dont quote me..

 

Yep... almost guaranteed it's a misplaced plug wire with the possibility of a cracked plug. Check your ABS plugs as well to make sure you didn't unplug/break one off.

 

Now that I think about it I may have cracked a plug. I remember tightening one plug and hearing a crack (may have had it at the wrong angle). This may be a stupid question but if the white of the plug is alittle chipped (not the electode) could that effect the plug?
Man I was climbing on and off that engine for 8 hours I may have broken a sensor I'll have to check

 

Yes, If the white part is cracked replace it.

 

just a thought, if they are routed in stock location make sure theyre inthe wire loom between the air condition and alternator good or your pulleys may cut them in half happened to me twice.

 

He cant use the stock loom...they are MSD 8.5mm wires...wont fit in them

 

yea those would be a little hard to squeeze in there

 

just slightly lol. I tried like a retard before I decided to go OTVC

 

Yea I tried my best to tie wrap them away from the pulleys but I think one is still rubbing. I dont wont to ruin my weekend trying to fix the problem..

 

Yep thats the way I should have went. You live and learn

 

lol, you do, but you need headers for that thing too...

 

since you did OTVC, where did run those wires?

I have otvc, and still ran them under the stock location, but I took that loom out, cuz they didn't fit in the loom. However, I didn't zip tie them, and I'm scared they'll space apart and get tangled w/ the pullies.

 

did you do OTVC with stock header ?

 

no...Dynatech headers

 

I have a question for you 2 posts up.

Thank You.

 

Check and make sure you didn't burn a wire.....I burnt 2 when I did my last install and the car ran like crap!