You Know you are getting old went......

mike i had a similar dilema with a rag in the intake i was putting a 305 in a 72 monte carlo i had a rag stuffed in the intake to keep the dirt out well when it was time to put the carb on, on it went i was puzzled for weeks car would run decent for about a block or two then just die kinda like it was starving for fuel looked at the carb the squirters were a squirtin smelled like i flooded the hell out of it told my brother about it and he came over to look at it the next day hit the key it started right up ran like a watch then died upon further inspection my brother told me if the rag was outta there it would run better you know what it did