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Oldsguy · July 14th, 2006, 09:47 AM

Michael, Welcome to our site. It sounds to me like your carburetor accelerator pump is not operating, what you described is called hestitation. With a 455 in your car (which is not stock) I can only assume that it is carburted, I have heard of a few, well maybe one, 455 that was converted to fuel injection. I would take at look at rebuilding your carburetor. Good luck.

July 14th, 2006, 09:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Oldsguy Hot Rodder at heart Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lees Summit MO Posts: 5,360	Michael, Welcome to our site. It sounds to me like your carburetor accelerator pump is not operating, what you described is called hestitation. With a 455 in your car (which is not stock) I can only assume that it is carburted, I have heard of a few, well maybe one, 455 that was converted to fuel injection. I would take at look at rebuilding your carburetor. Good luck. __________________ Dan '77 Cutlass Supreme '46 2 door "The rocket 455.....it's a sledgehammer approach to a thumbtack world" LuxBlue of HAMB.