just left the junkyard and today is starting off pretty good. A 01-03 protege was recently dropped at the yard. It even still had up to date registration and state inspection stickers on it. Needless to say, I wanted to take the entire engine home to prep for a build. But anyways, since the IACV on my car is being a PITA, I took the entire throttle body with sensors and is actually in pretty good shape. I also took the coolant overflow since mine is cracked. Was going to take the MAF too, I was surprised it was still there. But I already have two now. One more wouldn't hurt. I may go back and **** that car for parts just for the hell of it sometime in the near future. I really hope this fixes my problem though. I tried snatching the EGR while I was there but was running low on time and had somewhere to be.
edit: ******* lost!!! swapped my throttle body for the one I just got with TPS and IACV already attached and the car still won't ******* run!!! I even limped it out of my driveway and drove around the block a few times thinking maybe the ECU will kind of catch on but nope, the car dies every time I come to a stop or shift too slow.