A friend of mine leaves his iac unplugged and just sets the idle screw to where he wants the idle and then sets the tp to that. other that the check engine light are there any ill effects known to be caused by this.
See "Surging Idle Checklist for help with all your idle/stall problems. The first two posts contain all the updates to the fixes. I continue to update it as more people post fixes or ask questions.
The base mechanical idle setting procedure is in there...