I thought I would stick a little update in here. I am still trying to sort out my issue:
http://www.sxoc.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=590214
I think it's got to be a boost leak judging by the symptoms. Bought an air pressure gauge to check if and how fast air is leaking out of the system. Will test for this properly in the next week when the weather improves as it may get a little involved.
In the interim I decided to do the VAG coil upgrade to totally eliminate the chances of coil pack failure.
Although the upgrade has not got rid of my issue, I could notice a smoother idle and better throttle response.
Here is a pic of my handy work
I basically used the stock s14 coil loom and threaded an individual extra earth to each coil.
I then bunched them together and earthed them on the throttle body.
I also earthed the original loom earth on the throttle body as just unbolting it alone was a royal PITA!
I will put up some more updates once I have made progress with the alleged boost leak.
After that's been addressed I plan to do some cosmetic work like clean up the engine bay.
I also have new (refurbed) front calipers, disks and pads, braided lines (all round) to go on with fresh ATE200 fluid.
Oh forgot to mention I also did an oil change and filter, although I had only done 1000 miles or less, it had been nearly a year and a half.
I got sick of try to Jack the car level so bought and used this:
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