As Rocky said, it could be the little ground wire inside the dizzy.
Otherwise, I'd be looking at the fuel pump. It sounds like it's having
a hard time keeping up.
Tab Julius wrote:
> Well, I just tried to make it up to Stowe for the British Invasion and
> it gave me a lot of grief.
>
> The engine seems to be running, just doesn't have anything to propel it.
>
> It's exactly the same feeling when you run out of gas (how the engine
> behaves).
>
> Sometimes coming off the gas (or cresting a hill) makes it recover.
>
> If driven moderately, as I did coming home, it can be avoided.
>
> If driven aggressively (giving it an "Italian Tune-up", I think it is
> called), it's much more likely to trigger the condition.
>
> Once triggered, it will recur intermittently for the rest of the trip.
>
> When it's happening there will be "surges" where it seems to get the
> fuel it wants, and leap forward, then it seems to be starved again.
>
> My gut tells me this is fuel-related. I would think an electrical
> problem wouldn't exhibit quite this collection of behavior, but I could
> certainly be wrong about that.
>
> If someone can describe an electrical condition that would behave like
> that, I'm happy to listen, because I'd rather diagnose an electrical
> problem than a fuel problem, but it doesn't seem to strike me as one.
>
> - Tab
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