Erich,
A possibility is that there is a lot of junk in your fuel tank(s). Due to
the center feed of the crossover pipe where would all that junk go when
going up hill??? Have you checked your fuel filter? I have found that if a
car sits for a time (a week or so) that the miniscule particles that are
normally being churned in daily use will solidify and prevent flow. During
normal use enough gas is meeting the demand, but, with a clogged filter
under the larger requirements of tackling a hill (and the possible mentioned
tank contamination) the fuel bowls will drain and not be replenished quick
enough.
Tom Witt B9470101
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy and Erich Coiner <kathy.coiner@gte.net>
To: Tiger List <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 5:42 PM
Subject: Not enough go juice for my motor!
> I have been battling an intermittent problem for some time now.
>
> When I climb a steep enough hill at high enough speed, it begins missing
> like it is running out of gas. Until recently it had only occured on hot
> days so I always linked it with vapor lock or something similar.
>
> Well last weekend I took it out on a cool morning and tackled a 3 mile 8%
> grade at about 80 mph. The problem happened about 3/4 of the way up the
> hill. The engine temp was 200 and I know the gauge is accurate.
>
> I crawled under the car and found a place in the fuel line that had a big
> kink.
> I thought AHAA! I have found the problem.
>
> Today I bent up a new line and installed it. I took the car out at sundown
> today, and it did the same (*)*()#%$% thing. The car was running at 200
> again.
>
> Except for this annoyance, the engine runs flawlessly.
>
> It is a 260 with an Edelbrock 500 cfm car and headers.
> I am using the stock type fuel pump.
>
> The pump was replaced just before I bought the car in Oct 2001. It was
> replaced and then the owner found the root cause of his problem was the
> Pertronix igniter going bad.
>
> The only two things I can think to try are to test the fuel pump for flow
> rate, and check the carb float level.
>
> Anything ideas?
>
> Erich
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