1995 Cobra starting and dying problems

A PIP is the Profile Ignition Pickup..A magnetic element withing your distributor that lets the computer know when your timing is at top dead center in each cylinder. In turn contolling spark advance and injector pulsing. When they go out it seems they they can either go out all-together at one time..Leaving you staranded and unable to start the car, or they can start to fail over a period of time, making it harder and harder to start the car. Also a faulty fuel pressure regulator may be bad causing a decrease in fuel pressure which would also be indicative by failure to start. Another thing would maybe be a clogged fuel filter and maybe a bad coil?
If you post this in the tech section you would probably get a lot more help.

Welcome to the boards
Kris

AFAIK, it is in tech now.

First thing is to pull codes. You can have codes stored (esp for an intermittant issue like this) with no CEL on. You could have a couple issues going on - e.g. lack of fuel delivery when starting, and EGR not doing what it should, etc.

If you have a FP guage, check pressure after the first priming in the morning. Or just prime the pump several times before ever trying to start the car in the AM. If it starts right up, that suggests, as Kris said, that the fuel delivery is not up to par (weak pump, bad FPR, clogged filter, etc - all that he mentioned).

Good luck.