further update.. Just to make sure i was not going insane, i hooked up my old ecu (which was more work than it sounds). I also had to "rig" into the system the mitsubishi MAF which i had to dig out of storage. I haven't had the stock MAF on the car in literally years, so the intake piping and rerouted wiring needed to be rigged to make it work.

ANYWAYS... turned the key, and it fired right up, firing on all cylinders.

So i guess my next question is, am i missing a setting or something in ECMLink, or does it sound like i have a bad ecu?