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    2.7 stroker misfiring? Confused.

    I just picked up a I 88 325 (super eta) with the "i" swap (Head, intake manifold, throttle body, and 173 ECU). The PO also added the M30 AFM and M30 Injectors. He said he was running a "custom" Mark D performance chip.

    When I bought the car, it was making a bad vibration. I took the car to a shop and had them check it out and it turned out that the PO didnt have the #4 injector clip plugged in correctly. One they plugged it in correctly, it ran perfectly....almost.

    On my way home from the shop, the car started to misfire. I use the term misfire loosely because Ive never had a car do it to me before so Im not 100% sure what it feels like. I will be driving the car and all of a sudden it hickups and then it will go fine for a second and then it will hickup again. Im not sure if its misfiring or detonating. Again, Ive never been in a car with someone and have a car do either of those and someone tell me 'thats a car misfiring' or 'thats a car detonating'. the problem starts ~3500rpm and will do it every ~200rpm after that. It only happens when the car warms up and never does it under 3k. The car is running 89 octane right now so Im wondering if it has to do with the gas. Any info would be great.

    Im sorry for the newb questions but I want to try to figure out what I should do next to get rid of the problem and prevent any damage. Im still new to the whole E30 scene excuse my ignorance.

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    Distributor cap and/or rotor. I'd start running 91 octane if I were you.
    1995 Porsche 993 6 speed
    2001 BMW M3 6 speed - DD
    2001 BMW 530iA Sport - Hers
    2005 KTM 450EXC 6 speed

    Gone:

    1988 BMW M3 2.5 EVOIII Clone
    1988 BMW 325is x2
    1985 BMW M635CSI 286hp
    2001 KTM 400MXC

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      #3
      I want to check the cap and rotor before I go out and buy a new one. Im going to go out and get some octane booster today as well since theres ~1/3 tank left in the car.

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