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Ok, hear me out... the thing is always gutless when the underhood temp is hot, today on the way home just after it warmed up I stopped at home depot then it played it's normally game of being completely gutless with the outside temp high and underhood temps high, only noticeable in stop and go traffic when underhood temps are going to be hottest...
What if I did something silly and put a resistor across the intake temp sensor (once I find what ~70F is in ohms on the sensor) and just call it macaroni... in theory the MAF and O2 sensor should be able to figure it out. The issue can't be with coolant temp since that's solid (checked on the way home), unless it's the MAF, I remember reading a while ago about someone watching the spark timing and when it was hot out it was completely dead which would explain a lot...
So, worth an experiment or not? I go through a tank of fuel a week so would be a fair study in driveability and fuel mileage... I can't imagine it hurting anything...
What if I did something silly and put a resistor across the intake temp sensor (once I find what ~70F is in ohms on the sensor) and just call it macaroni... in theory the MAF and O2 sensor should be able to figure it out. The issue can't be with coolant temp since that's solid (checked on the way home), unless it's the MAF, I remember reading a while ago about someone watching the spark timing and when it was hot out it was completely dead which would explain a lot...
So, worth an experiment or not? I go through a tank of fuel a week so would be a fair study in driveability and fuel mileage... I can't imagine it hurting anything...