<VV> 65 140 stalling

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In a message dated 8/3/2005 7:13:29 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
gold1969corvair at yahoo.com writes:

> I currently have a 65 140 Corsa engine hooked to my 69 powerglide. It has 
> been this way for three years, never had any major problems till now! 
> Everytime it gets above 90 degrees outside, the car will stall out and die. It only 
> does this after about 10-15 minutes of driving. When I am on the highway, it 
> is fine, responsive, and has plenty of pep. When I hop on city roads, it 
> hesitates then dies. If I can get it started, I rev it up, drop it into 
> drive....and it kills. The car has to sit for about an hour until it restarts. I have a 
> mostly stock engine, chrome fuel lines, Clark's exhaust extractor system, 
> crane fireball ignition, new blue streak cap, rotor, new 8mm wires, newer 
> platinum plugs, k&n air filter, I run the factory air cleaner lid upside down to 
> move more air. The car was retimed, and the idle checked, ran fine all 
> weekend. My 69 500 is driven everyday, and just recently this problem has started. 
> It has stalled twice in about a month. This time, it was on the side!
> of a
> busy highway. I had to shell out $45 to get her towed away before the 
> milwaukee cops do! PLEASE HELP!!
> Thanks,
> Karl
> 69 500 #5465
> 67 Monza (soon to be Yenko)
> 
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Sure sounds like the classic "vapor loc"    Check your fuel pressure  3-5psi 
while running......make sure the rubber hoses[2]  in the system are good....

Do you have ALL  of the shrouding on? [ You can see NO  daylight when looking 
down in the engine compartment ]

Matt Nall / Patiomatt / WCUH / Mr. DeckRug
69 Monza Cpe., 66 Monza vert, 65 Crown v8 Cpe.
Somewhere between Reno, NV and Coos Bay, Or.