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BACKFIRE!
While at the race I was having trouble in one of the corners turning left on a decreasing radius down a hill and a hard right into some fast chicanes and back up hill. Car lost power and actually stalled on course. Engine re-fired after a couple seconds and I sputtered back to the pits. Carb was not getting enough fuel. There were two problems:
1. Holley Electric blue fuel pump had intermitant failure.
2. Low gasoline level (only about 2 gals left in tank). Added 5 more gals of high test and realized fuel pump was causing fuel pressure to fluctuate from 6 down to 3 lbs and on ocassion down to zero fuel pressure.
I believe the carb was being starved and then would load up causing backfire. Timing may be off a degree but not more than that. Hasn't fired since last Sunday.
Open to any other ideas, however, if you have read my other post "liquid Lock" you may think my plugs are bad since they were soaking in gasoline for a while.
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Last edited by Clois Harlan; 06-21-2002 at 10:05 AM..
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