alright... it always happens when it's the coldest possible week of the year for me. The car started and ran like total crap for 15 seconds and died. never to start again. I went through all kinds of things. It did need a new timing belt badly, so i changed that. no difference (i thought that it may have skipped). it is getting fuel and the both pumps are running correctly. I am getting spark at the coil, but it seemed weak at the plugs. I had an extra distributor stored that was in better condition so i changed that out and got the car to run. It idles very nicely, but whenever I accelerate the car studders and bogs down. I know it isn't a bad cat...because there isnt one :) i've gone through and completely cleaned out/replaced the flame trap assembly and all vaccum lines are connected as they should be.
Any ideas? oh also, after I got it running again it started leaking oil out the front of the engine like nobody's business.. replaced the cam seal but there is still a leak from the front somewhere. this leaks me to think of some sort of vaccum blockage, but none was found. any thoughts would be appreciated. I have to drive 700 miles/week for college commute and work so this thing needs to be resurrected asap. Thanks again!