well, i get it all fixed up.
switched back to n/a map and n/a connector, and then found a shotty ECT connector repair job,
so i spliced in another connector and actually soldered the wires instead of what the previous owner had done.
while in the process of pulling apart the loom on the harness, i notice that the injector #5 had a splice in its harness. so i dug a little deeper and found that 1 and 3 also had a splice in them.
my conclusion is that the previous owner may have been a mod'er as well, which could explain what the trans was bad when i bought it and maybe even why the engine took a crap on me in less than a year of owning it. it also has residue along the top of the windshield where it seems like there may have been a vinyl banner of sorts across it.
i believe the previous owner may have traded the car in to the dealer with a bad or dying trans but may have pulled the engine to de mod or may have just put in a junk yard engine just to sell it.
i cant say one way or another, but it certainly makes sense.
