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81 Camaro (3.8) ignition problem.....help needed.

I have a 1981 Camaro with the 3.8 litre 229 cubic inch V-6. I have completely gone through this car and thanks to Classic Industries, a good chunk of money and a lot of work it's looking pretty damn good. I do have one big pain in the ass problem though. Every couple of weeks or so I burn out the condenser in the distributor. No warning, no running rough no sign of trouble just shut it off and the next time I try to start it not a damn bit of spark. Pop the cap and rotor off slap a new condenser in and away she goes. Anyone ever heard of this problem or had it happen to them? Anyone got any solid advise on what the problem might be?

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Batman
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Condenser? You don't have an HEI distributor under the hood? Are you talking about the ignition module?

...Ron

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68' Camaro RS 88' Firebird Formula 00' Mustang GT Vert
Reply to
RSCamaro

The HEI still has a condenser capacitor to reduce ignition noise and prolong the life of the module. A cap will lessen the load that the points see on a standard ignition. I suppose it would do the same for the module on an HEI.

Reply to
Mr. Floppy

Correct. The capacitor is wired directly to a plastic module that plugs into the ignition module.

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Batman

My bad that should have read condenser.

is wired directly to a plastic module that

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Batman

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