car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

ef hatch
obd1 swap p28 crome tuned.
lsvtec
holset

just got the car back together after sitting for a bit. Never had this issue before though when i was racing it last summer. When the car is cold, i can get it into boost (5psi, running off spring pressure right now, tru-boost ebc turned off) and it pulls fine and boost alright, afrs are in the 11-9-12.4 range. as soon as the car hits 180 degrees on the gauge, ---- gets sour.

the car will bog, sputter, it has a hard time getting going and it lurches. if i come to a stop when this is happening and try and get it moving its an absolute nightmare, it bucks and kicks like no tomorrow. The AFR's peg hard lean if i give it any amount of throttle and that wont change. if i back off the throttle it will richen up but any sort of modulation of the throttle pedal makes the car get angry.

the electrical portion of the ignition switch was fucked so i replaced that, thinking possibly that i had a cracked contact in the switch which was causing it the intermittently power down and turn on, that wasnt it.

went through and checked/repaired a couple of loose connectors in the dizzy that clipped to the ignitor, replaced the ignitor, no change.

plugs, plug wires, cap, rotor were all changed less than a year ago.

anyone run into any similar situations, im ripping my hair out trying to figure this out. im so sick of this thing.

Re: car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

Is the o2 sensor turned off? It sounds like its going into closed-loop.

Re: car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

o2 is indeed disabled. only thing not disabled are the vtec speed and coolant checks

Re: car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

plug gap is okay??? maybe an igniter problem?

Re: car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

Thermostat ground?

Re: car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

devil ground (t-stat ground is solid)

ignitor was replaced with a known good one.

plugs are gapped at .028 and in good shape. BKR7E's

Re: car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

try burning a new chip?

Re: car runs like a bag of shit, need some help
 

will do. ill update tomorrow