Originally Posted by
Bralgar
My '93 was doing the same thing, pop and sputter on the 1-2 shift (even after new coil). I have just under 130K. A few months later my tranny gave out (auto). I took the opportunity to drop the engine to simplify the tranny change and do some much needed maintenance (fix oil leaks, intall headers, upgrade to vented opti, wires etc.)
I was thinking the popping at high rpm's was caused by my tranny on it's way out and allowing the engine to spin to the rev limiter. But once I tore into the front of the engine to upgrade my opti, I found it had a bad bearing (that explained a mystery noise from my engine) Now I wonder if that was causing the high rpm 'miss'
I still don't have it back together yet, so I don't know if I solved the problem yet, but I'm sure it will be gone. So I suggest an opti inspection.