I tell ya what Dex. I just looked back at when the 1st post was and it was about 1.5 year ago. The only thing sadder than this problem is how long my car has sat (i guess almost 4 years), but recently there does seem to be light at the end of the tunnel however I'm finding I have a lot less enthusiasm to finish it up because I'm actually truly... afraid. I'm afraid that once its done something is going to rear its ugly head almost immediately or just be some damn nuisance not causing the car to run bad, but just something I don't like that would be cause for more work on it which would probably push me over the edge. This stuff truly is like having a girlfriend/wife with the love and ups/downs n all that wacky stuff.
Here's what I was thinking. I no longer believe this is an electrical problem and I include the entire ignition system in it when I say that. To me from what I can tell the AEM ECU would be the last electrical try aside from testing every wire for continuity, resistance, and volts throughout the entire engine bay.
In any case I'm saying - why not stop and take the entire damn thing apart. The engine I mean. Remove it all and inspect it under a sharp close eye and even maybe a MAGNIFYING glass. Measure the parts for spec limits and record everything on some paper as you go. Come back at the end and compare all the notes (short of something you notice physically wrong) and see if something is out of spec limits or near it. I can't recall, but you aren't using this car anyway right? Why not just rip'er up at this point and this way you will have touched every single mechanical part inside the engine to know for sure "what da f__k".
It would suck, it would be long and drawn out, but in the end you'd finally know SOMETHING new 1 way or another. If I lived near ya I'd come help, but tis not the case. lol - Or pay someone who is meticulous to do it, but only with the agreement that you want to know everything so it can benefit everyone else too.
I know my suggestion is extreme and maybe due to time/money isn't possible, but at this point its just too much. Its a damn knife twistin in yer side.
