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    86 Sierra cuts off while driving. Seems to flood.

    Okay. So I put a new filter in the carb today and have been driving it. Still has the hard start problem after it sits for a little while. I think the fuel bowl may be emptying while it sits. It will bog at idle every once in a while but not so much that it will cut off. It hasnt cut off on me...
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    86 Sierra cuts off while driving. Seems to flood.

    A $2000 fuel injection system would be out of my price range for a fix. The wife would kill me in my sleep
  3. 86SquaredUp

    350 small block build

    Summit makes a decent cast iron double hump copy (not USA made tho), but you'll have to work on them to get them to flow really well. Vortec heads will out-flow them right off of the bat. Some good Vortec heads with the stock chamber volume and some flat top pistons should have you in the...
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    86 Sierra cuts off while driving. Seems to flood.

    Thanks for all of the ideas guys. I'll get to it in the morning and see what I come up with.
  5. 86SquaredUp

    86 Sierra cuts off while driving. Seems to flood.

    I didnt even think of a vapor lock!!! Tomorrow morning I will be testing, lol.
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    86 Sierra cuts off while driving. Seems to flood.

    It's not that I dont want to learn about the quadrajet, its that I cant find the time to. 2 jobs. I just want the old girl to run and be dependable.
  7. 86SquaredUp

    86 Sierra cuts off while driving. Seems to flood.

    1986 Sierra Classic. All original. 305, TH350, M4ME Quadrajet. This truck sat for around 2 years before I bought it. Fuel tank was empty when I got it. I changed the plugs and wires, changed the oil, filled the tank, replaced the battery, and it fired up. It ran great for 2 months and then one...

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