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my car runs like crapp when its cold, does urs??

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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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my car runs like crapp when its cold, does urs??

my car is realy realy jerky and somewat bogs down when the car is cold. it doest run decent untill 130 or 160. how important is it to have ur IAC and TPS Adjusted properly??? also i have done the t5 swap and never change the eprom. any input would help, thanks
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Old Dec 4, 2007 | 10:23 PM
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Re: my car runs like crapp when its cold, does urs??

The throttle following action of the automatic IAC valve is different from that of the t-5 cars... I have heard that this can cause problems, but I dont have any first hand expereince.
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Old Dec 5, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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Re: my car runs like crapp when its cold, does urs??

havent heard that before. i will try swaping iac for a manaul one and see hows that.
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