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I know this might sound crazy, but I read in a tech section of a magazine where someone had a miss like this, and the answer was that the distributor needed to be grounded. Easily tested.

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Reading this thread reminds me why I don't post much here anymore. It's ok if the op was wrong. But hammering him, or calling calling him a yahoo (rusty)are just not how a supposed community of Mopar lovers should treat each other. It seems like whenever one person who doesn't know everything...

I do love Summit, but their Summit brand products are awful. I won't buy them anymore.

Maybe I assumed too much, but I would think that the op checked for anything hitting on anything.

You said that there's no vibration in park, or neutral. That says the vibration is in the driveline. Drive the car, and pay attention to how the vibration feels. Then rotate it 180 degrees, and drive it again. Did the vibration change? Doesn't matter if it's better or worse. If there's any...

True, but it tends to rot the headers.

I did it on another car when the lines went near the headers. Post a picture. It will help.

Put heat sleeves on the lines. Add a p/s cooler.

You mentioned Stainless steel lines. I have heard they can be hard to work with. They supposedly don't seal as easy as mild steel lines. Some say to tighten, and loosen the fittings a couple times to get them to seal.

I've had good luck with Inline tube.

Powermaster Retro Alternators 175191 This is the one I used. Works great so far.

Powermaster does make a Mopar style squareback alternator. Maybe exchange it. It will save a lot of grief.

If you don't want to wander junkyards looking for this part, I have the adapter, and the bolt. $60, including shipping. I think Mancini's has the gasket.

Does the oil come out of the oil pressure line, if you remove the gauge? No? check the next fitting closer to the engine. Keep going until you find the restriction. Or go to the auto parts store, and buy a whole new gauge, and tubing kit. Much cheaper than an engine.

I've seen improvements in starting, and idle with MSD on several cars.

Now that you mention it, I think they discontinued it, since they no longer use flat tappet cams. I think that's why I went with the Comp break in oil. I filled the crank case with it. No issues.

I had a lobe go flat with a MP 484 cam years ago. It was in the car for a couple years before it went. I read somewhere that MP had problems with their cams. Put in a new Comp cam, Bought a bottle of Chevy break in lube, filled with Rotella, primed the oil pump, and kept changing the oil, and...

Don't give up. I know that I can't think straight when I get hot. Try doing one issue at a time. That keeps you from overwhelmed. If you wiggle the throttle lever, and hear a change in the whistle sound, it's probably the worn shaft.

To be clear, does the engine spin when you turn the key? That's the starter's only job. If it starts, then stalls, it's not your starter. Crank the engine, hopefully it starts.and look in the carb. Do you see fuel dripping in the carb? If so, there's your problem. Watch out for back fires. If...

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Or, you could just put spacers under the bracket with longer intake bolts.

How about the firing order? Might check that first.

Are we talking about a Ford small block? If so, make sure the thermostat gets seated properly before you tighten the housing. They are known for being hard to keep the thermostat in position.

How to you read oil pressure at the shaft? Sorry if it's a dumb question.

You might want to helicoil both bolt holes while the engine is out. If one stripped, the other has probably similar wear, and might not be far behind.

Get a cheap stethoscope, so you can be sure. I had a brand new set of Edelbrock push rods eaten up at the rocker. You need to look at the pushrods, and make sure they are fine. Also, I had the adjuster fail on another engine. Look at the grain of the adjuster. It looks like sand. I put in all...

Cam Benty has been in the automotive journalism biz for decades. He should know better .

I would unhook the battery.

If you haven't taken the manifold back off, just put the rtv on your finger and wipe it over the the gaps where you didn't have enough rtv.