Well,
I have an 86 IROC w/305 and one of the many black plastic coil thingys that hold wires in them got on top of my driver side exhaust manifold, well needless to say I got a melted piece about the size of a quarter of that plasitc stuff on it and it is burning everytime the engine hits above I'd say 160* degrees. Problem is I cant see it anymore, so where would it 'run to'?? Would I be able to get under the car and see it?? Or could an ignition wire going to one of the 8 plugs that is cut a little cause this burning smell?? I am asking only because It happened like a month ago and has NOT gone away and both happened at the same time!

PLEASE HELP IT IS annoying me ALOT!

 

I have had the same plastick melt on the headers, I don't smell anything that is burning. You said that one your plug wires has a cut in it. If read that right, you need to replace that wire as it is most likely causing your car to have a miss.

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"Rice burners are like tampons...Every pu$$y has to have one"
'86 IROC
T-TOPS, TINTED WINDOWS, BRAKE LIGHT BLACKOUTS
GM GOODWRENCH 350
EDELBROCK TES HEADERS
3" Hooker CatBack w/Aero Chamber muffler
EDELBROCK 600CFM CARB.
KN AIRFILTER
ACCEL HEI DISTRIBUTOR
160* Stat, just switched to 180* b/c of winter coming and going to college in the mts.
3:73 Posi
Rebuilt 700R4
B&M Megashifter, 5" Autometer Tach w/shift lite

 

Would the cut plug cause the smell though?? (Just want to know?)

 

Chances are, whatever was burning, still is...

I had a wire burn on my headers, all I did was move it (and eventually reroute it) and it solved the problem.. i could smell the burning and caught it before it burned all the way through so I didn't need a new wire, and now it doesn't small anymore...

If you've burned a spark plug wire, then you need to replace it, if you've burned a normal wire or plastic stuff, as long as everything still works you should be ok... however if something craps out on you in the future, suspect that wire first... ?comprende?