I thought that too...then I bought the silver 93MTX last February. It had what the PO called "a timing issue". It would crank and crank but not start. I don't think he knew how to check for spark, but when I got it home, it would crank and the tach would go up to about 300. Maybe 400... But there was no spark...none whatsoever. When I saw there was no spark (my brother was cranking it, from the drivers seat) I asked if there was any tach movement. He said there was about 400 RPM. I actually switched spots with him to see the tach move. I couldn't beleive it. I swapped DIS with my car...same deal. 3-400RPM and no spark. I didn't care. It was -3 and I was convinced a crank sensor would do it.
I didn't so much as remove the coil cover to check connections. I went right to Autozone and bought a Crank Sensor. Installed it, cranked it and it purred. Keep in mind this was February of last year...very freaking cold and windy. I didn't do anything that wasnt required to change the crank sensor and see if there was spark. I only had 7 plugs wired. While the engine was singing it's off key notes, with no damper pully or timing belt guide(for about 3.5 seconds), I heard "SNAPSNAPSNAPSNAPSNAP". There was spark now.
I guess this thread can be moved until it's confirmed either way.
Because of that cold...I didn't bother to unplug it to see if I still had RPM. Suffice it to say I'm in a similar frame of mind now. Someone else can go check...or look it up and tell me I'm full of it.
