this morning went out and my crx had a bit of a powerloss, or it seemed it was running richer than normal. and later on in the day when the car got nice and warmed up it started bogging spiratically. and in the afternoon it finally died and wouldn't go any further.

as soon as you rev it in neutral the cel light blinks and the idle goes nuts and backfires and boggs and shakes. and when you put your hand on the main relay you can feel something inside and it makes a fast clicking noise.

tried replacing the main relay, that is not the problem.
what could be the cause of this?

the codes that im throwing right now (throwing 2 codes currently) have been there before so they do not aid in support for this issue.

what connections should i check first? where do i start etc?

the setup is this>
88 crx dx
1.6l zc motor
turbocharged running the safc hack w/ 450cc injectors

 

ok, your first problem is running ths safc hack with a turbo motor. second, if the main relay does infact have something moving around in there, i would say you have a problem. maybe not the problem causing this one, but deff a problem. what you're feeling in the main relay is probly the switch. somebody please correct me if im wrong, but i believe the main relay is an electro-magnetic switch that is spring loaded. when the relay is working, this may very well be what it does. i have never tried to feel, look at, or hear my main relay while the car was running so i do not know if it should be pulsing or just continuously open. you could have a bad spark plug or plug wire because that often causes the weird running situations you've described. although that usually doesnt throw any engine codes... another thing i would check is the distributor. more often than not with a zc, if you are having engine problems, it will be the dizzy. i just put a new one on mine tonight infact so try swapping dizzy's with someone with a known good one.
hope that helps
scott

 

and its something that only happens once the car warms up
the car runs mint when its cold
and lets not get into the safc hack bashing, this has nothing to do with that.