evansdad

I have a 92 GA GT with a Quad 4 H.O. I was racing one night and the rpm's were at about 5,000 and the car just quit. But anyway, the car is really hard to start now and when it does start it misses on a cylinder. If I let off the gas the engine dies. Any help with what could be causing this. I'm thinking its in the head. Maybe a blown head gasket? Any help would be a great help. Oh pulled the plugs today. Didnt see any signs of water and no water in the oil. Please help!!!!

skibum1111

sounds like one of the coils gave up on you, or maybe the control module for the coils, or maybe a hole in a piston?

evansdad

Ok but if there is a hole in a piston wouldn't that cause it to smoke or oil be getting in the cylinder?

skibum1111

should, but not always. we tore down an escort, had a dime sized hole in a piston, no smoke or oil, and it certainly didn't run right. we also found a cylinder head that was cracked in half, only indication of a problem was a small line of coolant running down the cylinder, when it came off it was in 2 pieces...

evansdad

Ok, I'll look into to it. Guess I'm just gonna have to tear it apart to know for sure, but its gonna be awhile. Living in an apartment right now. Moving into a house in a month or so. But I'll let you all know how it goes.

Hoags

You may want to check the coil packs like skibum suggests, but change them yourself,about $30.00 per pack (takes two). you can probably change them yourself in less than a hakf hour and save about $200.00 in labor, (learned the hard way). I had a similar problem when mine went out, I wasn't racing but I was coming out of a turn and starting to to give her the gas and she just bogged out and stalled, she wouldn't start up right away but I finally gor her running, she ran real rough and had no power. I had the car towed and they changed one of the coil packs ( charged me $239.00) and she ran great for a long while, until the other went, I changed it myself.
If you haven't changed one before just fire out a thread and we'll help you get through it, it is real simple, and takes no time at all. You may want to change them both if they havent been changed before being a 92 if it is a bad coil the other can't be too far behind.

Good luck,