ok, my engine starts and runs and drives fine, but it eats gas like its suger coated and doesnt have the power it should for a catless (with header), open intake, no aux port sleeves, wired vdi, zero emissions engine.
could my afm be at fault here? i know it was tampered with cuz, well, i did it.
soon after i got te car i tryed to pull off the intake snorkle and it broke some apparently souldered connections in the plug of the afm,
so i opened it up and bent the pins down so it would work.
and it does, but only recently did i think back and realize how stupid that was.
could this be the prob? im getting spark, fuel compression is ok and no major vac leaks so this is about it.
is this a prob?

 

was it having same symptoms before you broke some of the soulder off of the AFM plug?

 

that was right after i got the car, then swapped the engine, so i dont even remember. i was so happy that it was running again that i didnt even notice if it ran right. (first car). plus that was a year ago. now i would have been all over that. plus its had a year for crap to get into it because its not sealed right anymore

 

could it really make that much of an effect? maybe the temp sensot isnt working...

 

Yes, it could, and will. My AFM failed and I could not go above 25% throttle.

This was before I knew anything about cars or electronics, so the drive to the shop was quite difficult...

FSM should tell you how to check the AFM's pins' resistance and whatnot...

 

no, but i can go wot and have no prob, but i dont get the pull i feel in all the other open exaust n/a's ive been in and with the mods mine should be quicker. and not eat as much gas either

 

Maybe you're just running overly rich and losing power?