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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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alright here the deal..my car got stolen and i found it before they could strip it..they took my vafc which i was using to tune my motor...now im using a greddy emanage untune..but a friend of mine did some adjustment so it would run a little rich till i can tune it..but at the moment when im driving after 2k my rpm needles jumps everywere..today i was driving it and it jumped all crazy and it shutted off on me so i had to pull over.so any idea what would be wrong with it?my set up is a stock b20 turbo with 440cc injectors need more info on the car just ask oh yea and aslo sometimes my mph needles jump to
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 11:25 PM
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this might not be related but every time ive had a jumpy tach its been from a bad or going bad ignitor. try swaping it out for a different one and see what happens.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 08:04 AM
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yea i just got a new ignitor not to long ago but hte spring from the ignitor was bent you think thats why?
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 11:01 AM
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the ignitor dosn't have a spring, are you talking about the coil?
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 12:05 PM
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Sounds like your ignitor's going bad....happened to a buddy of mine in his 92 teg.
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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alright il switch it with my uncle's ls see if it wil lstart
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 12:12 PM
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Good luck and let us know what you find.
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Old Mar 15, 2006 | 02:34 PM
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well i switched dist with my uncle's car and it works fine...not sure if its the whole dist or jsut teh coil/ignitor
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