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I FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!! I did what ronnie mentioned (can't believe I didn't think of it earlier) which was to pull each wire off until it doesn't make a difference to idle quality. So turns out, as a matter of coincidence, on cylinder 4 I had a bad spark plug wire so I swapped it with another set I bought from a 91. After I swapped the wire it started making a ticking sound. So I pulled the plug and found it was cracked down the insulator. I've never seen that before. I will attach a pic of the plug. On a side note if any one reading all this in the future is swapping over to the Delco ignition set up I HIGHLY recommend buying a spark plug wire set from a 91 reatta. They fit beautifully and make a nice solid connection. Thank you every one for your help! You guys are miracle workers! I learned so much about this car with your guy's help! I will admit my troubleshooting skills have certainly perished from not getting enough sleep due to working night shift and all your guy's help in steering me is greatly appreciated!

Sometimes getting down to basics and using old school troubleshooting pays off. Glad to hear you found the problem!

Who da thunk it. Hallelujah ?

Don't mean to hijack this thread but am curious about your last name, Satterlee. Turns out my dad, career Navy, served on the USS Satterlee DD-626, a tin can destroyer, during WWII...1943 convoy duty in the Atlantic along with Henry Fonda on board...dad being a Chief Gunners Mate and Henry being a LT JG.

I still have a few other expenses like the tires I got from Gibson's [$126.00] and the timing chain, cam sensor, etc [$70.00?] and still have to figure out the ABS amber light being on. But hopefully that won't be too much. But you are right, I am all in so far for less then $2000.

If a good running Reatta isn't worth $1700 we might as well throw in the towel. I wish that is what I had in mine. ?

Okay I got the Black back today at 5:00. it got an alignment, power steering pressure hose replaced, alignment and mounting/balancing of tires. Total bill was $660.00 which I think is fair. The P.O. did the front calipers, ball joints and tie rods less then 30,000 miles ago so I should be in good shape for a while. Some may think that is a lot to spend but as I only spent $1000.00 for the car, I think I am still good.