This is a common problem with Non-Metallic cars. My corvettes all had the
same problem. They even had a steel shield around the distributor and spark
plug wires. This helped a lot I know because I had one with the shield
missing) You may want to try to make up something similar to help reduce the
RFI.
>
> This may seem like a very strange question but while I've owned and worked
> on
> a variety of cars over the years Bricklins are new to me and are certainly
a
> unique breed. I get a great deal of static on the AM part of my radio (FM
is
> fine). It is not a stock radio, but I have tried several known good units
> that
> perform perfectly well in other cars all with the same result. I put a
> filter
> (Radio Shack) on the power and ground wires to the radio as well as a
> condenser on the alternator output terminal. The car has a brand new set
of
> resister type plug wires (I'm not sure about the plugs, that's the next
> step)
> and the problem only occurs when the car is running. Key on engine off AM
> radio reception is great. If I can't get this sorted it looks like I'll be
> getting my news from NPR instead of KCBS!
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