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Kevin:  Three items to check---
1)  Fuel screens at wing root--make sure they are clean.  Sometimes they
collect all the dust/junk that built up during the build process during the
initial flight hours as the fuel washes it all towards the pickups--clean
the screens once and shouldn't be a problem again.
2)  Make sure the plane is not in a slip--I have had the fuel unport and the
engine quit once when in a protracted climbing turn when the ball was not
centered (the "copilot" was flying and could not see the turn coordinator
well).  This was also in a low fuel state.
3)  Make sure vent lines are not kinked.

After my experience in #2 above, I always manage my fuel such that the tank
I approach and land on always has 15 gallons aboard.  Good luck and let me
know what you find.
Douglas W. Johnson MD, FACR
8265 Riding Club Road
Jacksonville, FL 32256
(904) 642-6016

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