Last night I took the hat off the carb to eliminate the turbo from the equation. It still does the same thing. Nail the throttle and it dies. I didn't have 2.5 pv so I will try to find one tonight. I fully understand about the converter and turbo not being the best for this engine. The last engine in this car was a 500 cube cadillac, thats the reason for the tight converter and the 3.50 gears. I kept reading that these were torque engines so I kept the same converter and gears. Maybe with right turbo I'll find some touque. If I can't get the 2.5 pv locally I may try it plugged until the pv comes in. I may look into one of those cheap GT45 turbos for the heck of it or maybe a Holset HX50. I won't spend a lot of money on a turbo. I've got about 4 other wheeled projects to help remove my money from my person. Thanks for the help and I'll look into boost referenceing the pv. I've heard of it just don't know how to do it.