thank you Eddy that was alot of good information-- i will probably get rid of the cat or go high flow- definalty dyno tuning is in the future- but i need to get it running again--
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"AND IT ALL COMES TUMBLING DOWN........

car for the past couple days has been spontaniously dying. first time just takin a left turn then i was able to start it right back up.happened again that night. next day drove it and it died on me a bunch. then i learned that if i armed the car and disarmed it it would start right back up, but if i didnt i could spin the motor over forever without starting. the third day the alarm arm disarm thing didnt respond as well got stuck out in garland for 45 minutes after getting some 110 octane. jacked car up and checked crank sensor-disconnected and reconneced- i didnt have tools to take it out but looks brand new like the day i put it in not but 2 months ago. checked the cam sensor looks fine- msd box i bypassed and still same issue- i can watch the led on the top of the msd when connected and see if its getting/sending signal, no blinky blinky, just a half ass blink at the very begining of a crank and doesnt happen every time. errr. what could the problem be? i was thinking possibly the alarm system but learned that it has ignition kill on the csm-2(code alarm's remote start module)- so i pulled the module- still didnt start.the brain has starter kill but no ignition kill if im not mistaken (code alarm pro 5500). anyway i have no spark- i remember a while ago i had to get my computer replaced for the very same thing- could spin the motor over but no spark. that time it started for me once after but took some coaxing, then never started again. my issue now is goin on 4 days- and i had to pull my car with a tow strap to my house behind my girlfriend in her 98 protoge, what a scene.i also purchased a new alarm and will rip the old one out soon to do some diagnostics with the alarm removed---- i also disconnected both brains to the computer and still nogo-- so i dont think its the alarm.

any suggestions?

does anyone have a stock 96 computer i could plug up to see if that's the case?


HELP PLEASE---
someone mentioned fuel and ignition relays that could be the cause of the no spark-- where are they located if they exist