Would the excess boost be a stuck shut WG?

Welcome to the board, Kashi! Let's here some more about you and your Galant!

Thanks for the replies guys. This problem is so frustrating! When I have more time I'll be looking at that knock sensor. I'm an electrician, so a multimeter has been in my repetoire for a number of years. I tested the coils on that idle deal and they all tested at 32 ohms. The hesitation is...

Thanks, I'll check that. I pulled off all my intake tubing from the filter to the turbo and cleaned everything. There was oil at the lip of the turbo inlet and oil coating the tubes, but there was ZERO shaft play on the turbo. ??? Anyway, I also pulled the stock MAF and cleaned it up really...

Cool. Is the knock sensor on the back of the motor? Underneath the intake manifold?

Subscribed. My car does the same exact thing. I just replaced the idle switch and the only difference I noted was that the car doesn't lose idle and almost die anymore. I still have the sputtering issue and high idle though. Does your factory dummy boost gauge peg out under light...

Just like mine, it's missing the windshield trim... Wish mine was that flippin shiny though... GLWS! Nice car!

Welcome to the site! I have been schooled myself. We are not DSM's, mostly because we are not Eclipse/Talon/Lasers, but most of their parts will interchange with our parts. That and our VR4's were made in Japan where all the DSM's were made here (this is what I've read anyway). Again welcome...

Yes, it has the stock upper heat shield on the exhaust manifold. I'll have to inspect some parts and see about replacing some.

God condition is pretty amazing...lol!

I doubt there is a safety built in...if it overheats, bad news for you...Unless my coolant temp sensor is bad, my car didn't appear to be overheating. It was rolling off the heat waves though, that's for sure.

That could also explain the hesitation I had in 5th one day that I posted about. I'm sure I have leaks of some sort. It takes a while to bring a car back to life after 5 years of sitting....

No, I checked that...Just in case it had slipped a tooth. T-belt was gut-n-tite with nary a groove in it...

Yes, stock intercooler and piping. Sounds like I need to run down and do a smoke test. So you guys aren't thinking it's an electrical miss?

So I was with my brother yesterday on some twisties and I decided to push the car maybe 7/10th's or so. She was running fantastic until we got to this hill that was maybe a 2 mile climb at 7% or so. When we got near the top all of a sudden the car lost power and started stuttering like crazy...