I am going to try and stay calm while I say this (Edorfox, this is especially for you)....
I FREAGING FIGURED IT OUT
I said to myself, "self we must check out the coil in more detail". So I did just that. With the engine at operating temp, I pull the car into the garage and turn it off. I then pull the wires and check the resistance between 1-5, 2-6, 3-4 plug towers on the coil. I see 15.9K ohms on each. I am like WTF, it's max is supposed to be 13.1K ohms and the Chilton book makes no reference as to a difference in resistance with heat. When I let the coil pack cool down, the resistance went all the way back down to 13.5K ohms. There is the heat relationship now that we found with the stuttering. Next, I just so happened to pick up a 99 v6 couger coil-pack for 50.00 at a local junk yard. I checked her out and the resistance was 12.4K ohms between the 3 check points. Plus, on the pins in the plug I was getting .3 ohms as well (I know this is cold but at least it checked out cold). I throw that on along with new 8mm motorsport wires (just for good measure). I start the car up and let her get back to opertaing temp. I then take her out on the road. JEZUZ I say to myself, no more stutter, nothing, notta! I can punch the gas in 5th going ~40 mph and no stutter. I tried every gear going all kinds of speeds, and all kinds of throttle positions! Edorfox, this is the ticket man (if we truly have the same problem and it seems like we do). I LOVE my car now. I really started to think about that coil when BlackCoog mentioned thats what fixed his situation. Warmonger and everyone else, it seems our journey in the land of stutter is coming to a close. BlackCoog, Warmonger, now me, and hopefully Edorfox as well (along with the others who have been following).
I will keep checking the post in case anyone has questions. Thanks all!
