Alright guys I've been lurking around for awhile I've owned a bunch of Hondas and this is my third del sol that I own. Recently as of yesterday my engine started to Lack a lot of power. In the beginning at some points it stuttered around the 3000rpm range, but yesterday it lost almost all power and ran like crud. When it started I heard a loud Whinney noise coming from around the intake, then this morning it was gone. Last night I replaced the spark plugs and it didn't stutter nearly as much but still doesn't have power. Mind you it has no thermostat at the moment. I check the oil and it looks fine it had a little bit of black crud on it at one point but never had it again. The car also has a hole in the pipe for the muffler. I have a thermostat,wires,cap and I'm planning on doing a oil change all on order being shipper right now. Also took the air filter out of the intake box and it ran a little better but still not great. I've looked at most forms and signs point to the distributor itself but I figured I'd ask before I start wasting more money that I don't have.

 

Any work recently done to car?

 

when was the last time it had a full tune up with rotor, cap and wires?

 

...and 02 sensor!

Its commonly overlooked, but can cause bad gas mileage and over time can cause excess carbon to build in your catalytic converter and plug it up...this causes more noise to come from the intake (especially when you remove the stock baffling and run an aftermarket intake) as backpressure builds in the exhaust and reverts

 

not quite sure on the tune up i will be doing that as soon as i recive my shippment from autozone. right now i have the stock intake in the car. I will check the ox sensor as soon as i get home. no other work done to the car besides new water pump(checked the timing) and new plugs and missing thermastat.

 

change the cap and rotor

 

planning on it also i forgot to mention the car is a 92 del sol sir jdm, also it runs better in lower ranges when its cold and not warmed up.