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1G Fuel cut / spark plug diagnose help

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pieceofcloth

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Oct 6, 2019
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My 1991 gsx is bone stock. Recently I was driving and my car started jerking hard. It starts up perfectly fine and I can drive it around the block and get into boost. After 5 mins it'll start to just like slam /jerk like it has some fuel cut. The idle does not go up and down. It idles perfect. I have an aftermarket fpr and I pulled over and saw the fuel gauge go from like 20-22 down to 0 and back up. My fuel pressure is set correctly with the vacuum line off at 36.5 - 37

My fuel pump was changed a month ago and I forgot to do the fuel filter but did that a week ago. I haven't done a boost leak test cause I can't find my tester at the moment. Here is a picture of my plugs. I did purchase new to go ahead and replace these but I wanted to see if you guys can see or lead me in the direction I should go next.

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The vehicle has always drove fine and this just started recently. I'm thinking I should remove the ecm and send it out. With ecmlink, maybe I cam diagnose it better. No codes or check engine either. Thank you

The gaps on these were at 25, no more. One or two were a bit less. I opened them to 28. And here is a video of it starting up and idling. I'll need to take it around the block to see if it still bucks. Idling/start up

I'm sorry about the video. It drove fine. I put it in 2nd and was trying to hit boost. It cut/bucked and I turned back home. As the vehicle is warmed, you can see I'm having trouble taking off because it won't accelerate. I have to like ride the clutch. When the vehicle is in the garage, it shows how the fuel goes down and up. Could this be the ect sensor? Idk. Thank you in advance

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At 1:05 I'm about to take a right. I go into first, I put in 2nd and am waiting for a vehicle in front me to go further. I accelerate and when I hit 3.5rpm I lose all power. I take a quick right and make another two more rights to pull up into the drive way.
 

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I pushed my vehicle out the garage into driveway. I tried to remove the pins from the harness to swap. I could not to do it no matter how much I tried. I had this same issue on my 93. (I wanted to use 90 ecu w ecmlink in my 93). I finally gave up 2 hours later and thought ,"hey I can just use my 93 in my 91".

I swapped it in, loaded ecmlink and went blank. I haven't used that program in forever because of life and waiting on parts(the time my 93 has been down has been over 6 months). I resetted a few settings and said what the hell, let me just turn it over. Nothing happend. I turned on the "fuel pump power on" button and my gauge up front did not read anything.

I noticed my fuel gauge level went to proper spot. Maybe my garage level was not letting my vehicle receive fuel? Wtf. I swapped back in the oem 91 ecu in and put back the stock wires and turned it over. This pos started up perfectly normal and idles great. I just drove in back in the garage and an leaving it for today.(I have some where I have to be I. 30 mins.)

I'm totally lost at the moment but will gather my thoughts tonight and will try again tomorrow.
 
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