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Over the past few months, my car stalls out under hard acceleration, always around 3000 - 3500 RPMs. When this happens, I install a spare DME relay, and the car starts up. Each time, the DME relay is hot to the touch. However, the DME relay is not bad at that point, as I've been able to use to again, after the car stalls. One more note, when the car stalls, the tach does not immediately drop to zero, the RPM's slowly go down with the speed of the car. I brought the car to my mechanic and here's what we've done:

- Checked and cleaned all grounds
- Check and cleaned the battery cables
- Replaced the TDC, CHT and RPM reference sensors
- Inspected the DME, and replaced it with a known spare DME
- Replaced the fuel pump relay
- Replaced the original fuel pump

After doing all of this, I still have the same problem and it's consistent. As an FYI, if I drive slow (under 3000 RPMs) or even go above 3000 RPMs gradually, I don't stall out. We are now looking into the anti-theft system to see if a short exists. This weekend we're going to by-pass this system to see if it has any affect on the problem. Today, we by-passed the anti-theft system, but got the same results (car stalls out). Today was the first time it wouldn't restart after installing a spare DME relay, we had to install another DME unit itself, but that too stalled out in the same fashion shortly thereafter.

Our next thoughts are the DME wiring harness (aka ECU wiring harness, engine harness). Does anyone have any thoughts on this. I've been reading thru forum posts on all these areas and have tried just about all of the advice found.

Thanks.