Need help with this vacuum reading

I replaced the coil today with a Duralast gold from autozone....readings were lower when cold than the accell I have so I crossed my fingers......

Let the car run in my driveway for 40 minutes to warm it up.....then went for a long ride with the son....about 25-30 miles, keeping close to home, some red lights but not many....but pulled over on purpose several times and just sat idling in drive.....not one stall or fart. Went to a buddy's house to commiserate a bit and show off the car...stopped for about an hour... and then headed about 5-7 miles or so home. No problems. I didnt hammer on her at all...just mellow cruising.....

Now, I dont know if the coil did it, if the weather has something to do with it, or if the next time I go out it will die.

Guess we will see.

What fuel cocktail/additives do you use? I was wondering about the ethanol in the gas and such.....with all the underhood heat, the carb could be boiling the ethanol laced gas....even with the phenolic spacer I have there like you.....

I am hoping that was it.....but not really expecting it will be....the new (oem style) coil measures 12k ohms in the secondary circuit versus 13,500 up to 16k on the accel when hot.....I dunno if thats enough to make the spark weak enough to want to die or not?

Or maybe my fish is just waiting to sneak up on me and die again just when I am not expecting it...LOL

I dont think that any vacuum leaks I may or may not have really come into play now.... at least not as far as the car dying goes.....if i have a vacuum leak somewhere it would cause crappy running all the time not intermittantly, wouldnt it?

I dunno....my head hurts. LOL :angry7:

I DID successfully change one set of window whiskers and fix the door lock......maybe it was just a good day...LOL :toothy10:

Tell ya what, I so appreciate this forum and the cuda-challenger.com forum.....you folks are so helpful.

Sometimes just being able to commiserate a bit helps.8)