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Old 07-26-06, 10:25 PM
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Car stalling out when sideways

Iam not sure what ive changed since but when ever i take a sharp turn or try to do a donut the car kinda of spudders out like it is starved for fuel or something like that. I think it might be my fuel pump but it seems to be runing fine...help me out if u can

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I bet ur car is carbed.
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Specs on car?. Are you running all stock or aftermarket carb, etc. If it's the stock carb, put more fuel in the tank. Some of the aftermarket carbs need the fuel bowls extended, the Dells iirc.
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Originally Posted by Wankel Warrior
Iam not sure what ive changed since but when ever i take a sharp turn or try to do a donut the car kinda of spudders out like it is starved for fuel or something like that. I think it might be my fuel pump but it seems to be runing fine...help me out if u can

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I've got it, your car is Drunk

I prescribe straight driving only to cure this problem

Trochoid, get out your Crystal Ball again Amigo
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It hasn't come back yet and I am lost without it.
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Check the fuel level in your float bowls, make sure it is at the 1/2 mark on both sides. Otherwise, too high or too low fuel pressure could be the culprit. This is all assuming that you have a carb. More details on the car would help a lot, especially since Trochoid has lost his ball(s)... (crystal *****, that is)... I'm going to call my psychic and see if she knows what you're driving.
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Hey thanx guys....the car is carbed and it did start doing it till later on. The carb was brand new and after awhile it started doing this. I think my fuel pimp might be getting weak or something like that......man if it wasn't for this website i would of got rid of my 81 cause it is giving me a little bit of a headache thanks again
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Hell, if your pimp is weak with his fuel, that could do it.

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What carb are you running?
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If your car is sideways you are throwing the fuel in your float bowls around, Depending on the direction you are going you will starve either the primary or secondaries, If you are using a holley carb you can buy a racing float kit from racingbeat that will convert your floats to center floats so that you wont have that issue. All this is assuming your fuel pump is good. However if your fuel pump was bad you would have this problem even when you were going straight.
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I tend to agree with stupidturbo. I am not familiar with these carbs but I do know that the really old carbs like Strombergs because of the setup of the float would starve for fuel on sharp turns because the float would drop due to the fuel moving to one side of the bowl and thus close the float needle.
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Between crystal ***** and a weak pimp, I don't which one of us is in worse shape. lol

More details would include the brand of carb too. Makes a difference in trouble shooting.

Man, I've got to go visit the polisher and get the all seeing eye back.
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if the carb is new, are your floats set right?
is the carb been rebuid, again, are the floats set right?
if the carb is new, did you mess with ur float levels?
im going somewhere with this...
floats maybe?
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