The car is a 1995 240sx with an RB25DET and we're having some problems with it, it's a common problem we're experiencing with some weird quirks.
The Car
RB25DET
Stock ECU (for the RB25, not a 240 ECU)
Rebuilt t3/t4 turbo
Greddy Front mount with custom piping
Apexi n1 BOV
Blitz cold Air intake
Blitz NUR spec exhaust
Custom down pipe
Custom test pipe
Walbro 255 Fuel Pump
HKS electronic boost controller
Apexi Air Fuel Controller
The problem
Stuttering/misfire/hesitation above 4500RPM under full throttle. Previously the car had major problems ever getting above 5000RPM, so we started diagnosing and hunting down known problem spots and eliminating them in order to try to fix this.
Previous Attempts to Fix the Problem
Replaced Spark Plugs
Clean & Silicone the coil packs
Upgraded fuel pump
Cleaned the ICV
Did minor tidy/restoration work all across the engine bay
Reset the ECU
Repaired many vacuum leaks
Responses
We tested the coil packs just recently, all of them were between 1.1 and 1.2 ohms, we put silicone all over the coil packs to prevent arcing, and it alleviated the problem some but the car is still not perfectly driveable.
Under full throttle in any gear, upon hitting 4500RPM, the car hesitates/misfire/etc. So we decided to play around a bit, we know that if we slowly work our way up to the higher RPM's at half throttle, we can hit 5000, and if we go full throttle AFTER 5000, the car will hit 7000RPM with a small amount of misfire but it's MUCH better. In third gear, there are some problems after 5000RPM but nothing major compared to before, where it would not accelerate past 5k under full throttle at all.
What do you recommend the next course of action is, currently we're getting a PowerFC and a tune next week but if there's something we need to do before that will not be fixed by the PowerFC/Tune, we need to know before we make arrangements, is this problem easily alleviated by something simple? Should the fix be done BEFORE the tune? Or can the fix be done after the tune?
We have searched but haven't found something like this, there have been similar threads but maybe someone can offer some more insight.