Rodeo stalls only with initial acceleration

95 Rodeo stalls only in initial acceleration. Bogs then dies upon initial load from stopped position. If I feather the accelerator, (and by feather I mean the little old lady from Pasadena has nothing on me) it will eventually catch and accelerate as normal with plenty of pep. If I were to step on it in a normal fashion, it just sputters and dies without catching.

I tried fuel injector cleaner and sea foam, just replaced the fuel filter. Filter did have a bunch of crud in it. I'm to the point where I have to drop it low to get it to pull out and then upshift.

It's a 95 3.2 v6 , plugs look ok, haven't checked air filter or pcv or o2 sensor yet.

Any ideas are very much appreciated,

Thank-you

I'd begin by checking the fuel pressure and fuel pressure regulator. If you can find the regulator, a quick check is to pull the vacuum hose off of it while the engine is running. If fuel comes out then it is bad.

Just noticed it happens in reverse as well...unless I ease out and let the engine catch very gradually it will surely stall out.

Could this also be a timing issue?

have you tried cleaning out your throttle body?