Well almost anyways. I have been fighting the mini gremlin ever since I replaced the depression chamber. Well today after Chuck's "everyone should read this post" I was replacing the fuel line and then I found it.<P> <P>The vacuum hose from the manifold to the thermo switch. I was sure this was good because I just replaced the thermo switch. The nipple was broken off. Anyways I'm powering up the hill now at 65-70 in fourth. Time for those 31's. I never new my 2.6 had so much power....well it's not my former 67 Camero but it will do.<P>It seem that there was just enough shift in weight while going up hill to cause the hose to bend just enough to open up the break, letting the vacuume escape.<P>Les

Ditto, <P>gee, I wonder if NOx would add power... DOH<P>Now just make sure your secondary throttle valve moves freely.... mine sometime sticks closed and back to 1-bbl it is.<P>consider 30 x 9.5 instead of the 31"s closer to stock, but just a tad larger.

Heater hoses can also ruin your life.<P>My heater hose had a pin hole leak in it. It was so small you could barely see the amount of steam escaping but I could see the moisture on the hood liner, and could tell that something was happening cause I needed to add radiator fluid every few weeks.<P>Finally I brought it in to see what was up and presto, after a couple of hours of searching they found a barely visable amount of steam escaping from the heater hose.<P>Ray