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Ok, here is the situation:
When I bought the car last month, the PO said he was frustrated and could not take it anymore. His mech. could not help him with it and he let the car go at a very good price.

Occasionally, while driving or idling, the engine will just shut down. The PO had replaced the CD with a permatune and thought that fixed the prob. It didn't. So once every once in a while (once a week to once in a six month period of time) it will do this. Well it did it to me (several times) today for the first time. Both at idle and at speed. When it shuts down, I still have gauges with the exception of the tach. After waiting 30 seconds up to 5 min. it fires right back up and runs like a champ. If it does not start right up the tach will not move. It also backfired through the exhast. I was able to check the coil wire at the cap when it failed to start and did not get a spark. The coil is a permatune which is very new. All fuses are ok and relays are ok. It appears to be an ignition only issue but I am not sure where to start. While cranking the engine with the coil wire off there was no spark, and then all of a sudden spark. I insert wire in cap and it fired up and got me almost home and did it again. Please advise a starting point. Thanks in advance