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Old May 11, 2007 | 12:35 AM
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when the ac is on and i turn the wheel i can kill the motor. power steering and ac are totally fine. what fixes this?
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Old May 11, 2007 | 01:14 AM
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I see you have a new cam. Have you had your truck tuned after those mods? That may be your problem.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by LS1_TA_2002
I see you have a new cam. Have you had your truck tuned after those mods? That may be your problem.
yeah but were having idle problems cuz of my modded throttle body (shaners) were figuring all that out right now. going for more tuning next week. hopefully that will fix it then.
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Old May 11, 2007 | 02:31 AM
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if you are tuning with any type of software, there are tables where you can adjust idle rpm and other things when the ac is on
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