Stumped...need fresh ideas!!!

[jatchis]

I'm not even sure rice is relevant to this conversation. We're talking about a Ford, not a Toyota ....

[steveshawjr]

we had a guy at our track wit ha wired issue like yours his turned out to be a bad crank. the crank had started to twist witch in turn was messing up cam timming and so on.. probly not you probelm but nothing seems to work so i thought id throw it out there.

[Dirtman29]

Probably a very long shot here, but have you checked inside the distributor cap for any moisture? Happened to me yrs. ago after cleaning up an engine compartment, car ran like crap after. Had water in the cap.

[car62]

yes,even changed distributors 3 times,modules,harness plug,rotor,you name it...the haunted mustang from hell!!!

[Dentman]

Sounds like you need to roll the car over a few times to shake it up a bit...
I had an enduro car that had a similar problem. It was traced back to a broken motor mount that was allowing the motor to move on accel causing one of the harness wires to ground out periodically and temporarily on the firewall. Perhaps you have an unsecured wire doing the same thing somewhere.
I'm a Toyota guy so don't hop on me, but maybe you have a worn crank keyway or pulley or something that is moving back and forth under accel/decel causing the timing to go out of range, then back.
On the Toy 22R engine, the timing chain tensioner relies on oil pressure. If the pressure drops from starvation in the turns (broken oil pick-up, broken gasket, slosh etc.) the tensioner can retract allowing the chain to whip and the cam timing to jump around. Perhaps you are having a similar issue, only it is causing your hydraulic lifters to starve for a few seconds and keeping the valves closed or partly closed.
Or perhaps the framistat is no longer attached to the connecticazoink. That would require a transplant...
Good luck with that. Hope this helps.
Dentman

[Dan32]

u tried changing the exhaust?? is it stoped up?