i am dead serious. I replaced the computer and plugs, and now my car starts, oooh yah. haha. However, it still runs like crud. It sounded like it was running on 7 cylinders, so i unplugged the wires at the distributor one at a time and numbers 2,4,6,8(yes the whole right side) and 7 did not affect the engine at all while disconnected.

then i swapped wires with number 5 and 7 to see if it was the wires that were bad, and number 7 still did not affect the engine.

so does that mean that number 7's plug is bad, how could this be if i just swapped plugs?

 

You need to gap the plugs if you didn't. You can check to see if your plug wires are ok by attaching a multimeter to the wire (positive side on one edn, negative on the other) and getting a reading. about 4-10 kilo-ohms ( I think that's the right unit) is what they should read. There are lots of other problems such as poor timing, a cam that is degreed in wrong, or even injectors that are not firing. There are too many problems possible for me to guess. good luck.

 

I bought new plugs and got a bad 1 before. What are the odds of getting five though? Are you sure all your vacum lines are connected?

 

i gapped all the plugs timing is 6 degrees btc, cleaned injectors that all read 16 ohms, no vacuum leakes, checked with tb air cleaner, new cap and rotor and distributor, rebuilt engine, new cat, i can't think of one thing i haven't replaced that affects the running of the engine.

 

Sounds like the right bank injector wire is unplugged.

Start there, and come back and tell us if it runs any better.

 

right bank injector wire? where does it plug into?

 

Start at an injector and follow the wire.

 

yah, but doesn't it just go into the harness?

 

i beleive there is also a fuse for each bank of injectors If all even or odd side injectors are dead, then the fuse would be a good place to start. I dont know exacly where the fuse is, though. As easy way to verify if their dead is to take a screwdriver and palce its tip on the injector in question and put your ear to the handle. You should be able to hear a steady clicking as the injector opens and closes.

 

thanks ill try that