The hits keep coming.
Steering wheel went on great -- not a single problem. Installing the new coils I found this:
Turns out these 'connectors' on the older version (10, 11 I believe) had issues with heat -- they get loose and fall out/off -- and that is what happened here -- they fell off, put them back on, installed the coils and....
Stability Track issue -- yep, she had a slight miss.
Used this (laser heat gun) on each header tube:
To see which cylinder was the problem -- yep, its one of the two that fell out. The #4 cylinder was @ 190° where all the others were 340° or higher (idling).
So #4 cylinder was cold -- took off the coil connector -- yep, came apart again...
Here is what they should look like (this is on the driver's side):
Damn, it figures -- I was lucky enough to discuss this with GPI -- appears that can happen on the earlier model -- so, ordered the LS3 version with the new connectors (these new harnesses happen to use the same connectors Dave @ DSX uses -- the better upgraded version). So, its the waiting game again until these new coil harnesses get here...
Such is life...
Here is the new harness (one for each side):
BUT, a steady signal from the Flex Fuel sensor (not one single blip) -- I'm betting it was these older coil connectors that impacted the voltage signal...
Factory coils are on anyway, just waiting on the harnesses...
-Don