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why does my car have vtec?

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nickgt5.0

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ill be full throttle and it feels like my car bogs and then like opens up and takes off. sort of like a honda feels like when it hits vtec. also i think i have a vacuum leak because it always dies at stop lights.? any input?
 

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Have you cleaned your MAF sensor lately? I know this is brought up a lot, but it sounds like symptoms of a dirty MAF element. My car would be fine at half throttle, but as soon as I hammered it, it would feel like it was holding back bigtime. The car also stalled at stops from time to time. After I cleaned it I felt like I gained back at least 30hp. Do you have a K&N type filter? How many miles on the car?
 

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Start by retrieving codes.

Good luck.
 

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+1 for cleaning the maf if there aren't any codes
 
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nickgt5.0 said:
ill be full throttle and it feels like my car bogs and then like opens up and takes off. sort of like a honda feels like when it hits vtec. also i think i have a vacuum leak because it always dies at stop lights.? any input?
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clean MAF, possibly a spark plug is miss firing and vaccum leak, delete smog pump. that solved my leak problem!
 
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