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Im a little foggy here. I and others have suggested to remove your timing cover it inspected Shane yet you have replaced the intake manifold and manifold gasketsI would think it'd be easier to remove the timing cover and just verify that your dots are aligned
I did as suggested. The timing is spot on. What I have discovered is that I have a very thin intake wall at the base. We doubled up on the gaskets and seems to help. Now while doing that and getting the car to run like it should we noticed my ballast resistor spring was glowing red hot. Not really sure if it's been doing that all along or just recently. It is a Mallory style resistor that has the two threaded connectors for wires coming off of my ignition box. I just happened to notice because it was at night and I could see the red glow coming off the firewall. What should my resistance be and what would be making it get so hot?