Almost stalls when coming out of a corner

That could be quite a number of things. If you can do so safely, you might add a fuel pressure gauge at the carb inlet. Put it where you - or better yet a passenger - can see it; but NOT in the cockpit. When the symptoms occur, is the fuel pressure holding up? The answer will give you a good clue as to where the problem might be.

How about when you accelerate up a very steep hill?

That's usually a good test for a fuel starvation problem. If its a clogged filter or a pump going bad the car will surge going up a steep hill.

I thought about the fuel pump. Have been hearing about quite a few problems lately.

Lets see. Find a very steep hill, accelerate, engine dies. Hmm. I will have to find the right hill, but point taken.

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Originally posted by RRS1:
I thought about the fuel pump. Have been hearing about quite a few problems lately.

Lets see. Find a very steep hill, accelerate, engine dies. Hmm. I will have to find the right hill, but point taken.

Are there any steep hills in OK????

Possibly the Float adjustment in the carb is off? If the needle and seat is closing too soon then your bowl will run out of fuel while accelerating or when the car is going up a hill.

running it into the upper rpm's 'slow & easy' through the low gears should find a fuel supply issue, that's where mine displayed chugging as the stock mechanical pump couldn't supply too many carbs. turn smooth rpm over a long period of time to use as much fuel as possible

did the carb dry out during the rebuild process? it may just need a 'going through', could be dried crispies floating around in the bowl. I've even seen mystery extra parts inside a carb on factory new bought vehicle. every now & again they'd get hung up on something in the bowl & the vehicle was crippled. limp it along for a while & it would fix itself. removed the extra parts & it never happened again. the parts didn't even appear on the exploded view diagram

Long shot that happened to me many years ago: A wire had worn through by rubbing on engine and at a certain g-force/direction it shorted out and engine died for a split second...