I GUESS fuel delivery problem question??

[78LT]

OK I step on the gas of my 78 Camaro LT 305 4 speed, and out of first gear, she boggs down, ALMOST stalls. Is this loss of fuel pressure? or not enough fuel delivered? There are 68,000 miles on her, and EVERYTHING is ORIGINAL STOCK on the engine. Should I look into a larger 4 bbl carb instead of the 2bbl I have? (yes, i have knowledge enough to know that I need to replace the intake, and cam and things with this upgrade. I know it's not just 'carb and done'.) Or am I TOTALLY off the mark?

I am new school though. This is my FIRST antique muscle car I've ever owned, so I want to do things right. Any suggestions? I've been in the "tuner" scene for a little over 20 years now, I've built low 10 second 4 cylinder motors before, so I KINDA know what I'm talking about (just to give you guys a background on me.)

[oestek]

You've got lots of things to check, my friend.

If it's all stock and original like you state, then all the gaskets and seals are nearly 30 years old... prime conditions for vacuum leaks, fuel leaks, varnish, and other contributors of poor performance. It sounds like the accelerator pump is not pushing fuel, but the fuel pump itself could be bad, or the filter clogged, or a major vacuum leak, or the timing is off... etc.

The 305 2 barrel isn't really a rocket, so perhaps you would be better off thinking about the goal of the car before putting a bunch of time and cash into the original setup. A 4-barrel and intake are only going to go so far with a stock low-compression 1978 305. These had pretty poor heads, also.

Maybe you plan a new 350 build from scratch to get the kind of performance you would like... and be ready for the onslaught of "put an LS1 in it" suggestions you're going to get on this board!

[78LT]

Just got off the phone with my father who told me that the gaskets have never been touched... so it looks like I'm going to be taking a run to the local autozone and picking up a felpro gasket set! 60 bucks! very cheap!

[Bryce]

real quick it sounds like the carb is loosing signal. maybe adjust the accelerator pump?