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so after getting the secret weapon intake installed..
i found out i couldn't start the engine in first take..........
or once i start the engine,i have to run the car,otherwise my idle will drop and stall..

whys that?

NB air temp sensor issue?? isnt that part of the intake on an NB? only a wild guess though. Is it plugged in? did you bust a wire or something?

Nothing "should" change if you simply added an intake to an NA

The basics. Usually airleaks will increase idle.....but check anyway. Airleaks also make the idle a bit erratic
as well as making it take its time to get back to idle when reved freely.

maybe reset the idle to where it should be & see what happens.

Unlikley but not impossible.
Your o2 sensor is farked......can cause problems with idle & fuel consupmntion.
would be pretty freaky if it decided to give up the ghost at the exact moment you installed your air intake.

I'm guessing you bought Jason's intake?

Did you plug all the lines into the intake? ( i think there is 3 from memory)

Re-check fit and connections to MAF and intake air temp sensors.

forgot to mention..it fit on NA8..

and yeh i bought jason's intake

RG.net : 3...i only plugged 2 i think and the airflow sensor in between.

I m not too sure I will have a double check on those cases you guys have mentioned


Thanks so much

also if you haven't already, the iac pipe off the bottom of the throttle body will need to be plumbed into the new intake otherwise it will stall

Could you upload some photos? It might help us work out what could be wrong.

Make sure your AFM (air flow meter) is plugged in propperly, did you reoil the filter, it could have gummed up your AFM. Make sure the hose from your cam cover to the intake is installed properly. Where has the temp sensor been relocated to?