Ok, figured it out....I replaced the driv side coil pack with the one from the pass side. (as that was the one I KNEW was working) Nada happened differently really....The car started and still ran on 4 cyls....although it suddenly had an intermittent blast of power. Like all 8 were firing just one time, then poof, back to 4 again. So I unplugged one of the wires on the drivers side coil pack....and I heard the tell tale sound of spark firing intermittently. Sooooo....I plugged it back on to the plug, and started messing with the wires that power the coil pack....That plug was the key. It seems the plug to the coil pack is messed up inside, and when you position the wires in one way, it will work perfectly, when positioned in another way, it no workie. Problem solved. Thanks for the help guys.