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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 12:19 AM
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Hey guys, I've heard of some of you adjusting your idle by tuning your throttle body? I've been wanting to lower my idle a bit but I didn't want it to mess any of my tuning up? Wasn't for sure if I had to get it all done by computer tuning it or if I could do a little tuning myself?
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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Why do you want to lower the idle? What's it idling at?
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Old Jan 20, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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You can rig it to idle higher but not lower than the set idle.
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Old Jan 21, 2006 | 04:01 AM
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It must be changed with programming. The idle air controller is what controls the idle speed!
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Old Jan 23, 2006 | 11:27 PM
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That's what I was affraid of. It currently idles at 1000rpm's but I'd like to lower it to around 700rpm's.
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Old Jan 24, 2006 | 05:10 AM
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Make sure your TB cable isn't jammed up. It shouldn't be stuck at 1000rpm after warm up.
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Going by your sig, im guessing your are talking about your 98 WS6 right? In that case, your tach. is a bit mis-leading. If you hook up a scan tool to it, you'll see you are actually idling around 150-200rpms lower than what the tach is showing. It's something weird I have only seen on the '98s.
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If someone has messed with the set screw on the TB, that could cause a faster idle, but is not the correct way to obtain it!
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Originally Posted by BlutVonSchwachen
Going by your sig, im guessing your are talking about your 98 WS6 right? In that case, your tach. is a bit mis-leading. If you hook up a scan tool to it, you'll see you are actually idling around 150-200rpms lower than what the tach is showing. It's something weird I have only seen on the '98s.
I've noticed that on my 98 also.
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Yea, I might try to hook up a scan tool to give me a bit more accurate reading. I've heard of the '98's being a bit off but it feels to idle high so I'd just like to see to make sure.
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