Engine or Carb trouble?

[efsoccer9]

Need a little help guys. I have been patient with the old 67, everytime I have tried to drive it, I have found something that needed fixed, manifold, motor mounts, ignition wiring, etc. Today I took it for a 5 mile spin, started fine, stopped for lunch for about 20 minutes, came out, started fine. Left the parking lot of the restaurant and drove about 2 miles, went over railroad tracks, and upon giving it gas, it just putted out and died. Would restart just fine, but as soon as I would put it in gear and give it ANY kind of gas, it would struggle and die out. Any thoughts? Fuel Filter is clean, timing was re-checked, idling just below 1K on the tach, seems honed in, but still struggling. I have a 283, with a 1406 Edelbrock Carb. Any help would be great. Thanks.

[60ratrod]

what do your spark plugs look like? seems to me that that 1406 is too much for that engine. another thing to check for is moisture under the dizzy cap. i can't count the number of times i've had issues cause of moisture under the cap

[Old Bluey]

Spark, Fuel, Air Compression (always seems to be fuel or the fire....)

If it's not spark (worth triple checking all spark wire/dizzy/plug connections), could be it's getting too much or not enough gas.

When it stalls, is it due to flooding? Can you smell a lot of gas?

If not, I'd pull the fuel line off the carb and see if the fuel is under pressure. It should spray a bit when the hose is pulled. If not, when was the fuel pump last replaced?

[beebster]

If you already have an HEI, check the connection.(wire)
what happened to you is exactly the same thing i went through,after swapping the HEI i found that the wire was too thin and burning itself out. I replace it with a new 12 ga. wire and problem solved.