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[mrmustang]

Originally Posted by Alfa02

Hi Chupee, I thought I would post your Bring-a-Trailer ad, when you bought it, since it shows detailed pictures of the engine compartment. Bill, John, Jeff, anything here that stands out ?? I know one of our members had a similar problem, 2-years ago, just had the Cobra built in AZ and was driving it back to Washington State, Everything was (Suppose) to be new. The Cobra would run for 45-mins (there abouts) and die, wait 15-mins, it would fire up, and run fine. It turns out (two issues) A semi-coggled in-line fuel filter (Unknown to anyone, under a frame rail, you could find it by following the fuel line). One of those very small glass filters, that can be cleaned, after finding that, the issue was better but still quit after an hour and half driving, that turned out to a coggled fuel pick-up in the tank. I hope some of this will help Chupee, Cheers Tom. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...a-and-america/

2:30am EST, something does come to mind, but not really from the pictures per se.

Under the external gas cap, is there a secondary cap underneath?
If so, it should be a vented cap.
If uncertain if you have a vented, or non vented cap, or whether the cap, if found to be a vented unit, is suspect, I purchase an appropriate replacement vented cap and see if that solves the problem.

In addition, while picture 115 clearly shows a billet fuel filter, I'd check to see if the filter inside is clogged.

Picture 123 shows an electric fuel pump, but no fuel pressure regulator, I'd be replacing the pump and adding a regulator after the pump, and a fuel filter before the pump as well.

Finally, picture 114 shows multiple carb spacers, the bottom 1-1.5" may have been required due to the Edelbrock carb currently in place, but the upper "phenolic" spacer needs to be removed and replaced with a simple 1/8" heat shield (just 1) from the MrGasket "3170" kit.
I've been using them on all my big block, and small block powered cars for years without an issue.

If not used for clearance issues, I'd remove both spacers and just use the 1/8" heat shield in their place.

Bill S.