Giuliaguy, Is this a change in the way your cars operates, or has it always been this way? As others have noted start with a tune-up, Be systematic Points, condenser, cap, rotor, plugs, wires, they all need to be checked, set the ignition timng, does the advance work? Has the cam timing ever been checked? How about the valve clearence? Now to the SPICA, do you have a properly operating cold start solenoid? could it be mis-wired and always on? Is the themo-actuator appear to be working? or does the car have a Shankel Sure-Start? Could it be stuck on? Get all other variables set correctly before messing with the SPICA settings and check all the ancillinary SPICA functions before altering mixture and don't touch the linkage except as a last resort or to synch with a new thermo-actuator (if your isn't visably working) My $.02