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Engine idles fine but bogging down/stalling under load

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This just cropped up out of nowhere, car is a daily driver that's been running fine all summer. Was going about 35-40 and pulled out and stomped on it to pass a slower car, it bucked and bogged way down...took my foot off the accelerator and nursed it a bit and it bucked a bit more but settled down. It was a hot, humid day (93 F) and I had put ethanol gas in it a few days before (I normally always run the non-ethanol but was nowhere near a station that had it) so I thought maybe I got a bad batch or had some water in it or something. Anyway, it was on 1/8 of a tank at that point so I filled it up with non-ethanol and it seemed fine the rest of the day, even when I got on it a bit on the highway.

Then this morning went to run some errands, it started fine, idled fine, got it out on the road about a couple miles out and same thing, bogged down, stalled out, wouldn't start. So I let it sit for about 15 mins and tried it, it fired right up and I was able to slowly get it back home. let it idle in the driveway for 15 mins no issues, went to drive it again same thing, bogged down and stalled then wouldn't start. Going to start going through potential issues but thought I'd throw it up here since y guys always have good advice.

Details: 408 stroker, AFR 185s, Holley Street Warrior 750 cfm with 82 jets, MSD digital ignition

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