The alternator? Pft.
It's got something to do with the fuel pressure. I've studied my FP gauge during idle, WOT, hot temps, cold temps, etc, and noticed that it's the highest when the engine is a full operating temp and it's hot as hell outside, or I'm just turning the ignition on.
My theory would be that since the PCM boosts the fuel pressure to the rails to prevent boiling in extreme temperatures, that when you combine 2 scenarios in which the PCM would normally boost the FP, it's boosting too much. If you look at my site, under the page where I have the picture of the pillar pod, you can see that my fuel pressure was at nearly 50. This is NA, with the vehicle shutoff, at full operating temperature on a summer day in AZ.
I would think perhaps there's a flaw in the design of the PCM in which the PCM takes a second to realize that the fuel pressure in the rails is too high, and it needs to drop it a little to get the car going. Granted this is purely theoretical, and I have no basis in which to make this theory, but it makes sense to me, so I'm happy.
(My '04 does it sometimes too.)
It's got something to do with the fuel pressure. I've studied my FP gauge during idle, WOT, hot temps, cold temps, etc, and noticed that it's the highest when the engine is a full operating temp and it's hot as hell outside, or I'm just turning the ignition on.
My theory would be that since the PCM boosts the fuel pressure to the rails to prevent boiling in extreme temperatures, that when you combine 2 scenarios in which the PCM would normally boost the FP, it's boosting too much. If you look at my site, under the page where I have the picture of the pillar pod, you can see that my fuel pressure was at nearly 50. This is NA, with the vehicle shutoff, at full operating temperature on a summer day in AZ.
I would think perhaps there's a flaw in the design of the PCM in which the PCM takes a second to realize that the fuel pressure in the rails is too high, and it needs to drop it a little to get the car going. Granted this is purely theoretical, and I have no basis in which to make this theory, but it makes sense to me, so I'm happy.
(My '04 does it sometimes too.)