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idles fine in park but not in gear

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Old 04-14-2005, 04:48 PM
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Car: 1991 camaro rs
Engine: 383 stroker
Transmission: th350
idles fine in park but not in gear

Basically it's just that. When I start it up it runs really well, idles fine, revs good. But once I put it in gear it tries to die and gets really jumpy when accelerating.
Old 04-14-2005, 05:31 PM
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Car: 88 Camaro
Engine: L98 350
Transmission: 700r4
First guess would be that it's leaning out a bit. Try unhooking the pcv valve and plugging the line for a couple days, if you see an improvement you can go from there. Maybe increase fuel pressure or something/ This might only apply to a cold engine in open loop though.
Old 04-14-2005, 05:43 PM
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Guess I should have mentioned it's carbed. Sorry
Old 04-14-2005, 06:08 PM
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which carb are you running? Sounds like a carb problem.
Old 04-14-2005, 06:27 PM
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it's a holley 750cfm 4bbl...the 4150 i believe. Thing is, it was running fine a few weeks ago. I had to park it for about 2 weeks cause I couldn't afford gas for it and now it's like this.
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fuel filter?
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