[Outlaw1]

Originally Posted by scheides

As this happens, my tach jumps around spurradically. Not much, but if I'm decellerating, then accellerate, as I accellerate the tach will jump up 150-300 rpms.

A flickering tach is a tell tale sign of an ignition problem. Usually it's a bad wire but a bad coil will do the same thing. I'd swap another set of plug wires onto the car. I noticed the water sitting in the top of the strut tower. Was there water on the valve cover too? Look down in the spark plug holes and see if there's any sign of tracking on them. Not to say that's the only possibility, but that's where I'd start.