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acceleration problem getting bad

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V_Stud

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ok well i'll just be cruising, and i feel the car start to jerk then i get this sputtering sound allmost like popcorn popping and i cant get acceleration, my rpms go crazy and it'll allmost stall out. what the hell is doing this??? i have a stock cam, and the idle flucuates allmost 1000rpm at idle sometimes? is that a bad tps?? i would really appreciate some help here, its gettin really bad.
TREY
 

StangYellow

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yeah, TPS or even possible bad fuel pump.
 
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