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I agree about the carb teardown. I would not trust anything about/from/advice from BG anyhow, but thats just me. If you find no debris in the carb, then i say start chking fuel lines if possible. Are they old and original? what size are they? You need a minumum of 5/16" lines, in my opinion, you cant go wrong with 3/8". How about the filter too? Thats a simple check and change also. Pull the pump and check the ends of the pushrod. If you can get a light in to see, see how the lobe on the cam looks. If all of this turns out to be good, i would do the following. Go get a generic stock pump and put it on---see if the pressure comes up at all. It is not going to be enough to power through all the gears, but you need 6.5-7 psi just to start with idleing before you can get down through the gears. 2-3 psi is not going to cut it at all.

If all else fails or you decide you just want to switch to an electric, that can be done also. I am one of those guys that doesn't mind the buzzing of a Holley blue pump,, some cant stand the noise. Areomotive makes a nice entry pump too, i personally don't like the Mallory stuff, but again, thats just me.