thats alot of money that your going to waste if its something simple as a bad wire.

 

it all needs to be done anyways - regardless of wether or not it's the problem. i've put it off for a while

 

make sure the plugs are gapped right. that happened to me, and it was because one of the plugs was almost closed.

 

i forgot about that..good idea. they are probably gap wrong :thumbup:

 

replacement engine, blowing black smoke...

my guess, you have a bad valve or two. Your head will need rebuilt most likely. Thats what it sounds like to me at least. have a compression check done

First, like you said, replace plugs and wires and dist cap, if you really don't notice a difference, keep them anyway, they should be replaced every so often anyway, it's regular mainanance. But, if you don't notice a pickup, and you're still running rich after those replacements, have a compression check done. You may either have a bad head (vavle bent/broken) or your head gastket is kaput, although i don't think that this is the problem.

I am not god, I am not a professional mechanic, take everythign you read anywhere on the net with a grain of salt.

 

ManInCamo - i had a compression test done right after i had the motor swapped and i noticed it was blowing smoke. the compression was good on all 4 cylinders

so... WTF?

 

If worst comes to worst, get the ***** over to my place in Mn and I'll throw one of my spare engines in. I'll do it cheap too!

 

Pull the plugs. The plugs say everything.

 

i'm gonna pull the plugs tomorrow. i'll update j00's when i do it. wish me luck

 

haha...you have a bad wire...come to my shop and ill swap you a new engine..haha