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UrQ MAC 02 Brain HELP



Is there anyone willing to test my 1983 UrQ MAC-02 brain? I
had just got the car back from a total restoration so it hadn't
been driven for a month. It ran fine when it went in. On a 1
hour drive the car was driving fine except that every once in a
while on heavy boost the fuel would cut off. This is what used
to happen before I had the TAP chip installed. The previous
owner had shimmed the wastegate spring with washers but
had not modified the brain. The result, overboost on cold wet
days and a violent shut down of fuel for a second. Well it was
happening again. Then, after an hour of driving, I let the car
idle as I was unloading it. All of a sudden it shuts off. Won't
restart. No spark at the plugs. Tank full. The cold start relay
receives voltage but I don't think that's controlled by the
brain. No fuel from the injectors.Help, please. I think the TAP
chip is screwed. The car  wouldn't start when I first got the
chip back from TAP in January. I sent it back and they took
out the socket and repro'd the old chip and soldered it back
in. It ran fine after that. Now nothing. I'm in the NJ area, is
there anyone close and willing to do the quick swap. It will
allow me to go ballistic at TAP. Thanks.

Andrew Finney
1983 UrQ.