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Old 10-29-2009, 07:09 PM
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bowhay
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Default engine lacks power

383 sbc
fuel pump went out a while back so the truck sat for about 2 weeks while waitin for the replacement
got the new one put it on and the motor acted like the carb was out of tune and the timing was wrong......neither of witch had been changed
pulled the pluggs and they were burnt white for runnin to leen, figured it was cus the fuel pump wasnt gettin enuough gas to the carb n it was runnin lean at high rpms, so i take some emery cloth n cleas em all up.....
seems to fix the problem but the truck is lacking alot of power now, and is acting very weird....randomly it will act like it is fooding horribly or not gettin any spark, very irratic idle and have to give it alot of gas to keep it goin, then all the sudden it runs right again....could this be that there is an issue with the stock ditributer or wat??????
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