Vibration in the motor that feels like a miss

[junkyardjeff]

The 351-w I have in my 55 ford convertible sometimes has a vibration that feels like its a dead miss but is running on all 8,it did it friday night after coming home from the cruise in so I left it running and got my insulated pliers and pulled each plug wire off and no dead cylinder and sounds good out the exhaust so anyone have a idea what to check.

[phat46]

A cross fire perhaps, can't remember which cylinders it is but it seems a lot of Ford guys talk about it.

[junkyardjeff]

The nimrod that built the motor stuck in a 302 cam and I do have those two plug wires apart that have issues,I wonder if its from me using point style plug wires and cap with a durapark electronic ignition. I do not like the looks of that wider distributor cap and wanted to make it look like it had a points ignition.

[junkyardjeff]

Anybody know of a good set of cut to fit wires that will work with electronic ignition but plug in a points style distributor cap,I think I have solid core style wires on it now and are they good for elecrtronic ignitions. Those wires have been on for about 8 years so probably time to change.

[enjenjo]

I normally use Taylor 8mm wire on the older style caps. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/tay-73051/overview/