ok, heres the deal. car starts fine...warms up, idles fine and drives smooth. then it seems like when it gets a little hot the needle on my tach starts to jump around all crazy and soon after that it just dies out on me...with my foot on the peddle and everything. my tempature guage reads normal so i dont think its over heating. after letting it sit for a bit it will start back up again but only for a little while before it does it again. when i try to start it again it turns over and seems like it wants to start but it doesnt fire up. my other problem is that i cant rev past 6500...the rev limiter is set to 10000 and i have crower stage 1's and a new valve train. it seems a little wierd to me...i know theres power past 6500 so i really want to know what could be holding it back. any help is appreciated....thanks

 

First thing I would check would be the ICM(ignitor). That sounds like the problem. But your ecu has also been tampered with so that could be it also.

 

the distributor is the best guess for the dieing out problem but i dont know what could be holding me back from reving past 6500

 

how is the rev limiter at 10k? what program/mod does this?
did this problem happen before the mod? can you reverse/take it off?
check all connections under hood?

 

the rev limit was set to 10k while chip/tune the ecu......

 

anyone else had/have this problem????

 

ignitor.

 

we decided to check the screen on the vtec solenoid, we fould a bunch of what looked to me like metal shavings....and we also found a distributor wire that was barely connecting to the harness. the wire looked like it was just pushed in there without a clip. so now fopefully it will run right.

 

what ECU and chip system are u running? Its not one of those ebay things is it?

 

im running a chipped p28 (uberdata)
ok, heres the update...we got the car to run and stay running. now, vtec is set to kick in at 51k but it cuts in and out until it hits 6k-62k and then stays on from there. anyone have any ideas on what it could be????

 

Sounds like a bad connection, check the wires for the vtec selinoid and oil pressure switch.