What gives?

84_GT350 · 08-11-2001, 04:13 AM

Lately I've noticed my car is a bit off. First off...it takes pretty long to start. probably cranking for about 5-10 seconds. Doesn't sound like much...but count it out sometime and that's a long *** time for a car to crank. After it does start, it has a tendency to die unless I rev it for about 30 seconds or so and even then it'll usually try to die when i put it into gear unless I apply more gas. Then, once on the road, the car kinda stutters when given little or part throttle. Now lately...after driving it for less than 5 minutes today the car seemed to lose some pulling power. This is normal for my car (I think my transmission sucks power bad as it warms up seeing as how I haven't changed the fluid since I've had the car) but never this fast. It usually takes about 15 minutes or so or if I drive, turn my car off, then turn it back on shortly after. I'm thinking it could be my timing, my fuel pump (even though it was replaced about 8 months ago) or my carb (which was fixed about 4 or 5 months ago due to a bad float). Any help would be most appreciated.

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1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s

08-11-2001, 04:13 AM	#1
84_GT350 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 1999 Location: Overland Park, KS, USA Posts: 1,631	What gives? Lately I've noticed my car is a bit off. First off...it takes pretty long to start. probably cranking for about 5-10 seconds. Doesn't sound like much...but count it out sometime and that's a long *** time for a car to crank. After it does start, it has a tendency to die unless I rev it for about 30 seconds or so and even then it'll usually try to die when i put it into gear unless I apply more gas. Then, once on the road, the car kinda stutters when given little or part throttle. Now lately...after driving it for less than 5 minutes today the car seemed to lose some pulling power. This is normal for my car (I think my transmission sucks power bad as it warms up seeing as how I haven't changed the fluid since I've had the car) but never this fast. It usually takes about 15 minutes or so or if I drive, turn my car off, then turn it back on shortly after. I'm thinking it could be my timing, my fuel pump (even though it was replaced about 8 months ago) or my carb (which was fixed about 4 or 5 months ago due to a bad float). Any help would be most appreciated. ------------------ 1984 1/2 GT350 (#842 Hatchback w/ T-tops), 302HO, Comp cams Xtreme Energy cam, Carter 625cfm carb, Weiand Stealth intake, MSD distributor, MSD coil, FMS 9mm wires, 1 5/8" MAC unequal shorties, 2 1/2" MAC Prochamber H-pipe, Flowmaster 2 chambers, KYBs, 16"x8" 4 lug Cobra Rs, Falken 245/45ZR16s