[MaSnaka]

Hey guys,
Yesterday my car stalled stranding me and my daughter on the way to the cruise. An intermittent problem that got real bad. 390FE, it has briefly stalled but recovered twice before where it would die for a few seconds then come back to life while coasting or idling along. Yesterday I hit the freeway off ramp and it just died. Tried to restart with no success. After 10minutes it restarted much to my delight and so I continued the drive back onto the freeway. Cruising along just fine for about 7 miles then it died again stranding me along side the freeway. After 10-15 minutes it restarted and I headed home very gingerly without issue.

Fuel is good, sight windows on the float bowls are both midway, fuel filter is clear. I figure it must be ignition starting to go bad. Mine is 13 years old but I have heard the Unilites go bad frequently. I went to get parts for my distributor and was told the Mallory parts are discontinued and I would be lucky to find them. Cap, rotor, resistor not available but he did have a new module. He suggested I get a new distributor all together and offered to test my MSG 6AL box. The one he showed me is taller than my Mallory, i'm not sure it will fit under my air cleaner.

What distributors are you guys running that fit? I have the long oval Cobra air cleaner, Edelbrock RPM manifold, flat tappet cam.

Do you have any other thoughts about a diagnosis?

Thanks for the help.

John