my car missfires when cold and wont rev past 3500 rpms

when my car is cold it breaks up at like 2500-3500 rpms and wont go past that and it sounds like its hitting a rev limiter but then after driving it for a half hour or so it gets better and but breaks up at 4500 rpms and takes a second to rev out

hmm.. my 1g did something similar to that when i had a boost problem.

sounds like the fuel filter is plugged or a fuel problem not boost problems... if it were boost problems they would get worse as the engine heated up. are your plugs gapped correctly? check engine light on?

yeah my plugs are ok but i just recently took my ecu out and took the cover off and it smelled really like burt i guess yu can say, so i took the other four screws off and needless to say i found burn marks on the bottom and some of the soldered pieces were burt to so im assuming thats my prob


thanx for all your help

oh yeah my oil pressure is unusually high at idle and while driving its in the middle of the lines at idle


any ideas of what it could be

I don't have personal experience with this, but I have heard guys talking about leaking caps on the ECU board. My understanding is that you need to remove the old caps and replace them.

if its leaking capacitors you should be able get some new ones at... radio shack maybe? if thats the case tho yeah some soldering and your in bizness but if the board is burnt up that might need some work too.. i wonder if it aint worth it to invest in a new or used ecu