Ok, I was going to check my rotor in the distributor, I disconnected the negative bat cable (not both) and I heard a zap when I removed the battery wire hook up to the dist. Thinking that it was enough to just remove the negative side, obviously now I know better, so learned my lesson. But , the car is hesitating during acceleration with WOT. I strongly suspect a problem with the ESC, coil, or the distributor itself but the reas

 

... But I still have no idea why it was hesitating before in the first place. New carb, no vac leaks, new plugs, wires...

Chuck

 

If you disconnect the neg batt terminal it will not allow anything to0 grounf to the battery so you would have no zap, unless you were messing with esd component without being grounded. But I highly doubt that is the case. Triple check all connections, I had a hesitate and backfire when the coil was failing.

 

Man, I was expecting to see 24 inch wheels on top of a distributor. Oh well.