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90 Honda Prelude misses sometimes

My 90 Honda Prelude with a 2.1 runs great sometimes then will miss while accelerating or while driving on the highway the RPM gauge starts jumping all over the place. A couple of times it wouldn't start after driving for a while. I've replaced the coil, condenser, distributor cap, and radiator fan motor. I've spent over $200 on diagnostics and no luck.

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ignition wires? ignition wires?

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Maybe the crank speed sensor is faulty - would confuse ECU and show wierd rev counter results. Any engine check-light (MIL) or stored error codes?

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