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Symptoms suggest fuel delivery (faulty pump, clogged filter, etc.).<br>
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What cap and wires are you running? If stranded wire secondaries
they could be affecting the Pertronix from RFI (the guys on Roadkill
Garage had that issue with an old Chevy dragster). The larger the
plug gap the more voltage produced at the plug electrodes (IMO 0.035
is pushing it and not really necessary).<br>
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Bob <br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/19/2025 2:36 PM, Richard Antal via
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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Gents,</div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> A few days ago I
replaced the sparkplugs, ten years old or more, with six NGK
BP5ES plugs gapped to 35, and a Pertronix 3 ohm coil. I've not
yet changed the wires, distributor cap or rotor. Today I drove
the BJ8 almost 200 miles without incident at speeds up to 60
mph. While going 80 mph on the interstate, over a span of two
or three seconds, the car bucked and backfired three times. I
immediately dropped the speed to 50 and then gradually back up
to 80 with no further backfiring. What could have caused this
discomfiting turn of events? Thanks for your thoughts.</div>
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