whoa~ sorry, forgot to mention that....
it was about 5am when i posted
its an 84 x-cab with a stock 22R. only things on it are a K&N, headers, and exhaust.
like i mentioned. its a weird dead spot between shifts. i can get a solid confirmation but it also has a cough to it when i barely touch the throttle too (as i cruise) but only in 3rd, 4th, and sometimes 5th. it does it when shifting from about 3000rpms back down to around 2000. my guess would be having something to do with the intake pressure change??
i dunno, its got me stumped at the moment. need something to go off of before going in blind.... imma check my chiltons right now if it'll tell me anything as well.