HEI MOD HELP 1996 V6

[korpit]

I had a problem with the car not wanting to start after about 15 minutes of running time. I did th HEI external coil mod. Prior to starting the car after the mod was put in, I did not get ignition (suspect low battery as I did have spark) and the engine flooded to the point of having to pull the plugs and burn them off. I got running again but found the engine really struggled under load now. Going up hill reduced the car to 5 miles an hour and a stall. I was able to restart now after a bit of cranking and the pedal matted. The car did make it home but sputtering and spitting. I did not remove nor disconnect the original coil as I had the distributor apart up to the coil but but could not figure out how to pop it out. I also found that I needed to keep the black ground wire connected on the distributor connector as it did not run when it was off as in some of the diagrams. Anyone encounter this when doing the mod? I don't feel I can trust the car just yet now.

[Daninski]

Did you do a search for this question in the Faq. The HEI mod is clearly explained there. If you did it correctly then we can continue.
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=69006

[korpit]

Mod was done exaclty as per the drawing for the 96 except the ground wire on the multilple wire connector was reconnected as it would not run without this. The car failed to start this morning. It floods and battery dies from cranking.

[Daninski]

So it did run but now it doesn't?

[korpit]

yes it ran briefly, had more power than before and now is flooding. Spark seems weak, it is orange, not blue. Plugs get absolutely drenched with fuel. Cranks and almost wants to start, but does not

[Daninski]

Could the module or coil be defective, if you did the external coil then is your power tower solid and didn't come loose? If you've rechecked your wiring and it's good then I would think it has to be the parts you used.

Edit. You do know that two of the three wires on the three wire plug at the disty are reversed on the 96 right?