ok, i had it running good for 3 months. i got the wiring perfect (so i think), and it was doin great. when i wana go somewhere i let her warm up for a good 10 minutes or so, i pump brakes, and i never just rev the engine. i dont ever floor the gas or slam on the brakes. the fastest i go is around 45. i dont do anything extreme or even close to it. all im sayin is that i love this car and im tryin to take the best care of it i can. i know u should go onto the highway to get carbon outta the carb (some guy @ napa said to do that).

my issue:
today my car died on my way home from work (which is about 600 meters away). i let it warm up for bout 15 minutes or so, but the whole time it sounded as though it was skipping a beat, it didnt sound regular. i did some drivin behind the store i work at and it seemed to be doin fine, so i went to the road. the minute i pull onto the road and accelerate i hear this "metal-on-metal" bang. and the car almost seemed to temp shut off, so i let off the gas and then press it again (i was in the middle of a 2 way road bout to get t-boned). then whole way i tried to coast as to stay off the gas and hopefully find out what in the hell was goin on. but the whole way, every time i pressed the gas it like stuttered, like all power was lost, then come back on. and when i turned into my appartment complex, it finally died. it kinda did this last night, but only once, and i hadnt let the car warm up bout for only 5 minutes, so i thought that maybe that was it. o also, no electronics were running, such as wipers, radio, lights, nothin.

thx for takin the time to read this, any help would be great.

it has an internally regulated alternator, pertronics flamethrower dist, no voltage regulator, 350 4bbl, k&n air filter, mmm. im really mad right now that this happened, and even more mad cause idk what caused it. but im gonna go look in my hanes manual now. so, thx for everything.

"Metal on Metal bang" could be anything, but certainly I wouldn't like the sound of that. I'm no expert, but this will at least bump your post up again.

I'd pull the valve covers and check for loose rockers, make sure everything looks ok.

I'd also pull the spark plugs and see if you've got a fouled plug or two, or to identify if there may be a problem in one or more cylinders.

Stuart check the charging system. Check battery cables alt wiring and belts. If you drive you're car only a short distance it is possible that the charging system connot recover. Let us know!

Mike

well i had had some issues with my charging system prev, i had a voltage regulator hooked up along with the internally regulated alt. and i didnt know that u couldnt do this. but did some reading in chiltons and hanes and found out that the voltage regulator is no good if the alt is an internally regulated one. something else that goes with this is that when i noticed that this happened that same night for a good 30 to 40 minutes i had accidently left the ignition in "acc" (i think it was acc, idk what else it coulda been called). i had parked further away to see if my headlights were ok and didnt wana start the car to go foward 5 feet, so i put it in "acc" and popped it in neutral and pushed it. then forgot to take it out of "acc". so, that might be it. but what about this bangin noise? and in all honesty it could be the sound of backfire for all i know. each time it has happened ive had the **** scared outta me cause it always happened in the middle of an intersection, or in the middle of a 2 lane road. so what i thought could be a metal-to-metal could actually be just something else. im not even gonna guess what. all i do know is that my car doesnt have hp, its got man power, me pushin it. and that, i dont like.

I take a gook at the ignition system. You made it sound like it doesn't consistently run well at idle. The way it breaks up when you accelerate could be related to a weak ignition system and if the "bang" is a backfire, then that would make sense. You ignition has to work harder as cylinder pressure rises with higher RPM

Make sure that charging system is sorted out first, you need a decent voltage supply to make the ignition system work correctly. If you don't have a voltage meter, get one. A working charging system will deliver about 13.5V running.

ive got a pertronics flamethrower though. but il check it all out when i get the chance. been busy as hell recently. just moved, turned 18, buyin a truck, workin 40 hours a week, and start another job nextweek. but il see if i can saturday afternoon.

mmm. i went out today after work to see if thecar would start. and it did. but now i think the battery is dead, it was idleing and then just died. and wouldnt turn over. just the fan would do like 1 rotation then stop, then 1 rotaotion and stop. but i had taken the airfilter off and found that the ring that goes between the airfilter and carb was in 3 pieces. i think it got chopped by the air filter, idk. but i believe all parts were accounted for. the car made the same inconsistant sounds and i noticed a gap in time from when u push the pedal down till the time u actually hear the engine work harder. its about a second or so, not real long, but too long. u get what im sayin. and then it still didnt sound right. i didnt get a chance to do much, too tired and too rainy. not tryin to make excuses, but when u spend the greater part of your day moving 94lb, 70lb, 25lb bags of salt and sand. it takes it toll on you. so hopefully sunday will be a bit better in ways of weather. cause if it aint. well, that just not good. haha. thx agin for ur help.

Do what I do with my three sons and my chevelle, " beat the snot out of it".. I know you are being a kind and loving dad to your child.. But it needs to stretch those legs too.. Im sorry I have nothing to help you with regards to your dilemma.. Good luck, another Dad. just kidding, I wouldnt do that to my car or my kids.. phil

IMO nothng will ever run as good as it is supposed to unless you open it up every now and then

Do what I do with my three sons and my chevelle, " beat the snot out of it".. I know you are being a kind and loving dad to your child.. But it needs to stretch those legs too.. Im sorry I have nothing to help you with regards to your dilemma.. Good luck, another Dad. just kidding, I wouldnt do that to my car or my kids.. phil


I agree with you about the kids but not about the car. I love what happens to my Chevelle when I abruptly floorboard the throttle while at a stand still with the engine running. I just don't do it very often cause I have to pay for my own tires. :)

Do what I do with my three sons and my chevelle, " beat the snot out of it".. I know you are being a kind and loving dad to your child.. But it needs to stretch those legs too.. Im sorry I have nothing to help you with regards to your dilemma.. Good luck, another Dad. just kidding, I wouldnt do that to my car or my kids.. phil


I agree with you about the kids but not about the car. I love what happens to my Chevelle when I abruptly floorboard the throttle while at a stand still with the engine idling. I just don't do it very often cause I have to pay for my own tires. :)