thought I had it all figured out.

[Joshua Van Tol]

>I have owned this  86 5KTQ for 3 years now and little by little have been
>fixing and improving.  I actually had it running very nicely until recently.
>Curious little situation just developed and I hope someone with CIS
>experience can provide some guidance.
>
>Lately turbo lag seems to be more than usual and power seems to come in
>steps especially under boost.  For example, heading up a hill, 3rd gear and
>I give it plenty of throttle, but not WOT, and hold the throttle steady.
>The car accelerates a bit, pauses (not an invisible brick wall, just seems
>to top out for a sec) then a spurt of power to a higher speed, pause, spurt
>of power even higher speed and repeats.  All of this just on the way to
>80km/h.
>
>Any ideas? at all?
>
>TIA
>
>Stephane

My car is doing something similar, it is (I strongly beleive) running 
lean, and the computer is correcting based on the oxygen sensor. 
However, under non steady state conditions this doesn't work. I'm 
thinking the metering head is thrashed, but I can't prove it yet.
-- 
Joshua Van Tol -- josh at spiny.com