2003 protege 2.0 dx sluggish

kevinmcc

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2003 Mazda Protege
Recently I have just bought a 2003 protege and it has a little over 27,000 miles on it

It sat for a decent amount if time and it seems to be running really sluggish upon acceleration. Once it gets up to speed it seems to be okay maybe a little sluggish but not nearly as bad l

It feels like sometimes the car is ready to accelerate fine but other times it literally feels like the car is starting out in 2nd gear and just crawling to speed. ( I Tryed starting manually in 1st gear still same problem )

The car is an automatic.

I drove my buddies car same car and everything and his car can break the tires loose from a dead stop. Mine not even close.

What should I change? Spark plugs? Anything? The filter is clean
 
Any MILs? Any other symptoms? Without access to any PIDs and very little information I'd guess valve timing or the transmission is in limp mode.
 
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