Need Help With Engine Problem!!!!

[worrdogg]

I just did a JDM B16A swap in my 89 Civic sedan and ran into a problem. Here goes - When I drive around all day the engine runs fine but when I drive home from town on the highway at about 60mph the engine lags, and during the lag when I press the gas pedal nothing happens all it does is open the throttle and I can hear it but it the engine will not rev any higher. Now when I put it in neutral (still on the highway rolling at about 50mph) the engine shuts off. I then pull on the side of the highway and try to start it but it wont start. But when I wait a minute or so and try again it starts up and I drive off for about 10-15 minutes and it starts doing it again, and this keeps happening over and over. But here’s the funny thing, sometimes when the engine lags, I keep pressing the gas pedal and sometimes the engine kicks in and I can drive off till the next engine lag. What the heck is wrong? PLEASE ANYONE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fishcat37]

Have you removed your distributor cap and looked in there yet? Sometimes that screw that holds the rotor on backs out a little. My car was bogging for a while, before it completely backed out, and the rotor gyrated on the shaft, causing my ignition timing to be really really off. Then the motor died. This probably isn't it, but it's worth a look
oh, and also the JDM first gen (non-OBD) B16A distributors are known to crap out easily (usually the bearing seazes, which is what happened to me). You might try removing the distributor completely, and spinning the thing that plugs into the end of the intake cam. It should spin easily, with little resistance. hope this helped some time to go to bed...