Check for vacuum leaks also. You have a complete exhaust on it right?
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Sounds nasty! Good luck, wish i could help.sigpic
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Cylinder 1 on left and cylinder 8 on right in order.
And this
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1997 Camaro Z28 M6 with stuff done to it.
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1 and 5 are toast. Have you fired it at night to see if you have an arc show under the hood?
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Toast as in fouled out? And no I haven't. I'm making new wires right now and I'm never doing it again.
These were 1 and 5 spark plugs when I changed them after I had changed them before. 1 on top 5 on bottom. Changed them due to random misfire after I had started and ran the car a few times for a short period of time
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1997 Camaro Z28 M6 with stuff done to it.
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I hate those black autolites, hard to read the fire ring. In the pic above, looks like #1 is fouled again. If it keeps fouling after new wires, try swapping the coil and see if the problem follows.
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I replaced the two coils and used two msd 8.5 wires on them instead of the Taylors.
Backfired as it was cranking.
Ran it for about 20 seconds before it backfired again.
Out of all the times it has done it, it seems to have only done it at idle or as it comes down to idle.sigpic
1997 Camaro Z28 M6 with stuff done to it.
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If theres a problem with a particular cylinder try swapping the coil /plug / wire to another cylinder 1 at a time and see if the problem follows-Joel
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I'm about 90% sure injector 6 and 1 wiring was reversed. Other than that the wiring isn't the issue. Went over it 3 times.
I'll try moving the coils around.sigpic
1997 Camaro Z28 M6 with stuff done to it.
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Fixed it. The coil harnesses were backwards lol.sigpic
1997 Camaro Z28 M6 with stuff done to it.
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Want to thank everybody for staying positive. Will post vids tomorrow. Sounds fantasticsigpic
1997 Camaro Z28 M6 with stuff done to it.
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Good Job! its always hard to find a mistake that we make ourselves!sigpic
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Honestly, man, I am impressed you got 'er dun with this little of hassle. You changed a whole lot at once - all those variables quickly raises the risk of issues. You should be proud of yourself for pulling this off on your own!Originally posted by DanDalessandro View Post
Want to thank everybody for staying positive. Will post vids tomorrow. Sounds fantastic
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