Car Not Starting

[00firebird]

a few days ago i was having problems in my upper rpm range, anything over 3800rpm the engine seemed to give up or stall out like it was running out of gas. problem only showed itself under hard acceleration. only problems i knew of were a rattling cat. last night and this morning the car will no longer even start. the accesories work in the on position, but i can't hear the fuel pump priming like i normally do (i wait til it primes before starting the engine). when i try to turn it over it just makes that crank noise over and over but no ignition. no clue what the problem is... has new spark plugs, wires, fuel filter, and optima red battery within the last 30k miles.

[nascarnate326]

Is the SES light on?

[TSTONE]

plugged cats

stat by dropping the exhaust and see if it starts - hopefully you didnt fry a piston from blow back

[tenpin842]

odds are it could be a fuel pump.
Get a fuel pressure guage and hook it up. Turn the key on and see what you get.

[JoeliusZ28]

plugged fuel filter, or what todd and todd suggested

[00firebird]

no ses light (like always ) the cat is new less than two months old, but the rattling i think is more of an annoyance than a mechanical failure. im thinking it could be fuel pump.. if this was the only problem would the car not start with these symptoms?

[c0ncEpT]

Have fun installing your new fuel pump

[nascarnate326]

Have fun installing your new fuel pump

lol ya,

How much gas do you currently have? Hopefully very little.

[JoeliusZ28]

lol ya,

How much gas do you currently have? Hopefully very little.

doesnt really matter on an fbody, dropping the tank is the hard way of doing it. you have to drop the exhaust and the axle to do it that way.

[c0ncEpT]

doesnt really matter on an fbody, dropping the tank is the hard way of doing it. you have to drop the exhaust and the axle to do it that way.

If my pump ever goes out I'm cutting the trap door and giving it no second thoughts.

[Naterman35]

Fuel pump... Im having the same problem... Im debating about doing the trap door but i think ill just end up dropping the tank instead.

[00firebird]

heres a video.. when the door dinging stops, i have the key position at on... you can barely make it out but its almost not even there.
http://www.fquick.com/videos/viewvideo.php?id=4696

[JoeliusZ28]

your fuel pump is toast

[TSTONE]

no ses light (like always ) the cat is new less than two months old, but the rattling i think is more of an annoyance than a mechanical failure. im thinking it could be fuel pump.. if this was the only problem would the car not start with these symptoms?

age of cat doesnt matter - especially if aftermarket

rattling from the cans ='s shattered material ='s loss of power due to back pressure + comtinued driving ='s pushing shattered material to rear of cat ='s plugged cat ='s no start

start by dropping the exhaust if im wrong im sorry - if im right and you trying other things youll fry pistons before you realize it

[ITSSLOW]

If my pump ever goes out I'm cutting the trap door and giving it no second thoughts.

x2!!!

I'd also put my money on a fuel pump.