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Start the engine from stone cold and feel the temp of the primarys on the headers.
Cold or cooler one than the rest will show a cylinder not firing or intermittently firing
You could also start the car and once it is warmed up, you could pull each plug wire off the the distributor one at a time and when the idle doesnt change, you have found the culprit. I will warn you, you might get shocked. once you find the plug, replace it and add a " no foul " to get you by till you can fix,rebuild, or replace motor.