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I have a stock 1986 toyota mr2. So i go out to start the car at 10 am to go to work. Starts up and runs fine. Drive onto the freeway with a constant speed of 60-65 mph for about 25 mins. Finally back on city roads. I get to a stoplight and i notice that its idling quite rough. The idle is not stable. So i drive it for another 5 mins to get to work. I shut it off. Then try starting it again. It has become very hard to start and backfires. After cranking it over many times, i finally get it to