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Old 08-12-2024, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by celentanogj View Post
I had an issue with my cobra over the weekend that was odd, I had the car out and been trying to drive it every weekend, this past Sunday just tooling around for about 30 mins when I stopped at a light the car stalled. I was able to re-start it than got going , stopped at another light stalled again. The car runs fine at speeds but dies when stopped and just idling. The 428 has the Comp cam 294H cam with roller lifters, could the roller lifters be failing when the car is at idle(bleeding down), weak coil,...etc? The motor was running fantastic before the problem started, I was told that hydraulic roller lifters start to fail at around 3000-5000 miles (I have 4700 since the rebuild). I havn't had the chance to go over the motor and planned to do it this weekend, anyone had a similar issue?

Fuel pump, fuel filter, percolation of fuel in carb......Or, perhaps we should ask what type of ignition system you have, and if you have an aftermarket control box under the hood.




Bill S.


PS: To be honest, you did not offer enough information in your initial post. Outside temp, what temp was the motor at, what carb do you have, what ignition do you have, just to name a few.
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