> Symptom: I am going down the
> road and roll into full throttle. the car has a loss of
> power. Not a miss fire; not a bucking from a cylinder not
> firing. More like your car would do on a cold morning when
> the choke slips off and it sound like the cylinders are dead.
Unfortunately could be a lot of things. Full throttle puts maximum stress
on both fuel and ignition systems, so it's not unusual for marginal problems
to only show up there.
Personally, I would start by temporarily installing a fuel pressure gauge,
teed in right at the front carb (or better yet between carbs if you can) and
brought out from under the hood, to prop under a wiper where you can see it
while driving. Most automotive vacuum test gauges will also read fuel
pressure, eg
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93547
If the pressure drops below 1 psi when the problem is happening; you've got
a fuel delivery problem.
Randall
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