I went ahead, took some old parts back, and bit the bullet and purchased a brand new MSD Blaster II coil....the exact same model I had.

Fired the car up and died after about 15 minutes again BUT I could restart it with some degree of effort. Once restarted, I hooked up a spark tester to the #7 wire and this is what I see:

- 10K volts: consistant spark
- 20K volts: seems to lose maybe 20% of the sparks?
- 30K volts: maybe get 20% of the sparks losing 80+% very inconsistant

This is a advertised 45K volt coil. I would think I should be getting more energy than that at the plug. I guess I will have to repeat with a cold motor.

BTW when I crank it with the tester on, you can definitley see a MUCH brighter spark as would be expected.

If I am getting a large secondary voltage drop between coil and plugs, I guess I am down to dizzy and wires now...would ECU weaken spark? I have a new one of those I can swap back -- maybe I can try later...

At least maybe some change in the right direction...