[darkpuppet]

yeah, a wideband will let me monitor a/f at all times.

The way I figure is that with the stupid hot air, the MAF wasn't reading much air, but my transfer function says it has more air coming in..so instead of opening up the idle control, the car just adds fuel thinking air is going in... and you get the flooding at idle that bogs the whole car down and stalls.

I might start keeping the datalogger going in the car the next few times out.. at least I can narrowdown problems like this, if not exactly fix it.