Engine Stalls, Engine stalls and dies out when I begin to release clutch Options

[mimatti]

Hello to all the 914 owners,

I am new to this forum and it looks like a great place to be regarding 914's. A little background about my 914 before I ask my question. It's a 1972 1.7Liter, that had it's two carburetor system replaced, in 2011, with a brand new single Webber Carb. I bought the car 4 years ago and unfortunately it's been sitting in my garage ever since due to various projects. I was able to drive it up the drive way and into my garage with no isuues, and she stayed there the entire four years. This weekend I decided to take it out and drive it a little. The idle was way too low, so I adjusted and got the idle to just under 1,000 rpm. The problem is when I try to start out in 1st gear, as I begin to slowly release the clutch, the engine's power dies to the point where the engines dies out. Even when I revved the engine to almost 3,000 rpm and then slowly released the clutch, about mid-way in the clutch's pedal travel, the engine's power is robbed, engine rpm goes down toward idle very quickly, and the engine dies out. I made sure that I was in 1st gear and not a higher gear, the problem persisted to the point where I couldn't even drive it back in my garage, I had to push it in.

Before I remove the carburetor, or and clutch work, does anyone have any idea of what the problem might be, or at least limit the possibilities to a system, i.e. fuel, air, carb, clutch, etc... I appreciate any help in this matter because I now finally have the time for this Porsche and want to begin enjoying it.

Regards,

mimatti