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fuel starved???

Old Jul 29, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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Engine: 5.7L Vortec w/ LT4 Hot cam
Transmission: 700r4 transgo shiftkit 2600 stall
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fuel starved???

my car acts fuel starved when going uphills and getting into the throttle from slow speeds if cruising at say 30 mph and giving it mild throttle input she "bogs down" a little and takes forever to get the revs up and the power down, the tranny seems to be fine as she doesnt rev without moving just doesnt want to rev... any suggestions ? vacum problem maybe, i checked all the lines and they seem to be ok...
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Old Jul 30, 2007 | 09:29 AM
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Engine: 355
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Re: fuel starved???

Could be fuel filter is plugged.
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Old Aug 1, 2007 | 07:49 PM
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Engine: 5.7L Vortec w/ LT4 Hot cam
Transmission: 700r4 transgo shiftkit 2600 stall
Axle/Gears: 3.42 '02 SS 6 spd rear
Re: fuel starved???

yeah thats what i thought too... forgot to mention, downhill there is no problem
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 11:34 AM
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Engine: 5.7L Vortec w/ LT4 Hot cam
Transmission: 700r4 transgo shiftkit 2600 stall
Axle/Gears: 3.42 '02 SS 6 spd rear
Re: fuel starved???

just an update... the catalytic converter was clogged...
it got to the point were i had to limp it home and just keep the car running... then i shut it down pulled the filter... nothing, fuel was coming out fine too... so it would try to fire then choke out... took us about 30 mins of playing with it and my dad goes "you think it could be the cat?" i say "ill cut that B!^*H off right now" and he says "well what if its not" i said "F*@k it i dont want that thing on there anyway lol" so i got out the exhaust cutter, cut right in front of the cat and VROOM! started right up...
moral of the story, catalytic converters suck!
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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Engine: 350 bored. 383 Stroker Kit
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Re: fuel starved???

hhahah thats right i could of told ya that!!!
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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Re: fuel starved???

yeah where the hell were you?!? lol
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 01:23 PM
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Re: fuel starved???

hahah in mississippi. working like a slave to eat ends meat down here hahah. I had the same problems with my trans am. i could stomp my gas pedal and hold it to the floor for like 5 seconds with a gain of like 1500 rpms, after a few chugs i could burn rubber hahahah.
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Old Feb 16, 2010 | 08:23 PM
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Transmission: 700r4 transgo shiftkit 2600 stall
Axle/Gears: 3.42 '02 SS 6 spd rear
Re: fuel starved???

at least yours would spin the tires this thing had me doin 35 on the highway on the way home luckily i live near a highway that is not very well traveled itll never have a "real" cat on it again i got a 3" cat body and bored it out then cut it and shoved a 3" pipe in, then welded the ends around the cat lol looks like a cat but its a pipe lol
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