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Ok so I have a stock 305 V8 in a 1986 el camino.
It had to sit for a year in my home town until i could find a place where I could have it. Well when I got it back it ran like a complete pile (would barely run at idle, had to put it into neutral and pump the gas when at a stop light).. pretty embarassing
Since then i have replaced the distributor, cap and rotor, plugs, plug wires. Its performance has actually increased dramatically. However, when I am driving it down the interstate the motor seems to still not be firing on all cylinders or give up a little bit and the tac will bounce all over when it should be at 2.5k.. for example if im running at 70 mph the tac is usually at 2.5 it will bounce up to 3 and can go all the way down to 2. I did notice that when I go down a hill it actually runs really well lol.. its probably nothing though. It will also spit and sputter if I push on the gas hard, it will half assed chug its way to a high speed
I am thinking that I possibly have a leak in my vacuum system possibly? but I really dont now much about that on these engines. If anyone has had this before, I am all ears on input lol. Thanks everyone!
p.s. El Camino ran like a top before I put it in storage
It had to sit for a year in my home town until i could find a place where I could have it. Well when I got it back it ran like a complete pile (would barely run at idle, had to put it into neutral and pump the gas when at a stop light).. pretty embarassing
Since then i have replaced the distributor, cap and rotor, plugs, plug wires. Its performance has actually increased dramatically. However, when I am driving it down the interstate the motor seems to still not be firing on all cylinders or give up a little bit and the tac will bounce all over when it should be at 2.5k.. for example if im running at 70 mph the tac is usually at 2.5 it will bounce up to 3 and can go all the way down to 2. I did notice that when I go down a hill it actually runs really well lol.. its probably nothing though. It will also spit and sputter if I push on the gas hard, it will half assed chug its way to a high speed
I am thinking that I possibly have a leak in my vacuum system possibly? but I really dont now much about that on these engines. If anyone has had this before, I am all ears on input lol. Thanks everyone!
p.s. El Camino ran like a top before I put it in storage