Yeah I’m going to try and pickup one of those Motorcraft pickup sensors and replace it on my OEM distributor along with new plastic housing and cap/rotor to eliminate that possible point of failureMajority of the time on these its wiring these days.. The distutor bit cracks me up, must be one of the new China replacements every one sells. The one I took apart for a fox body I only us a tester to swap in and out, to see if a pip or tfi failed, not something I would trust running to redline. At least the ford pip isn't obsolete for that style yet like it is for the fox body.
I will definitely look into them as I will need a (newer) solution to the stock piece. Definitely will not be going back to a parts store piece.Have you checked out these guys?
Performance Distributors
They've been around for a long time. I haven't run one personally since I could always find Motorcraft, but my friends running GM engines have used their HEI distributors without any issues. This was the only other non-OEM replacement that I have considered.
I will have to go back to the basics for sure. I verified fuel is getting to the rails and the fuel is only two weeks old. The car ran one day before all this so that’s why I’m pretty confident it’s narrowed to the distributor, anything is possible however. I did try a flood clear to no avail. Going to start with base timing again and then make sure I’m getting sparkGo over the big 3 again?
(fuel, spark and compression)
Take a fuel sample and verify no water and the stuff is volatile as hell
Double check the compression just in case your cam gear chunked.
Check the spark with a spark checker or a plug with the negative electrode cut off
(So, you can verify it will jump a 1/4-inch gap) (40 KV or better)
Good luck
You tried flood clear right?