Originally Posted by Pure Playaer

nope turned out to be a wastegate problem

Originally Posted by Bom's Evo

I just had crazy starting problems too. It took me a week to fix it all...Between work and stuff.

First off, I fouled like 3 sets of spark plugs trying to start the car.
My coil packs were fried from a short. Because your not suppose to unclip anything w/o the battery negative terminal off. I was lazy.

You have to pull the spark plugs each time to figure out whats going on. My plugs were oily and black. They also had lots of fuel on them. So I knew it was no spark.

The stock battery couldn't hold its charge anymore either. I tried charging it ect...I replaced with an Optima. It was time for it. I knew it had to be battery because the radio resetted a couple times. And the voltage was only 12 and dying.

I was soo scared it was the AEM. So hooked up the laptop and see the voltage from the ignition. They were really low. Like 0.5-1.0 something like that. So I ordered some 9 coils and installed them.

Then my next attempt it doesn't work. It's not until I installed the clutch pedal switch back on til it started. I had the sensor unplugged for 3 years w/o any problems. I'm a little bit lazy so I don't like stepping on the clutch to start the car. Now, I have too again.

I also removed the HKS DLI II. The red dot was on solid, but I had to eliminate any extra variables. I'm going to reinstall it to check if it still works. I believe it does though.

Goodluck..

Originally Posted by SWOLN

Your scenario is the exact reason I told the OP to swap that battery back to stock in my earlier post, that was before I realized it started every 5th try.

I'm curious to know why the WG caused the problem. It doesn't seem likely.