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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 07:26 PM
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when i am cruising around my car will stay at like 1600 or so when i have no foot on the gas and it is annoying as hell does anyone else have this problem i got this after all mods and i might have a vaccum leak or something or is it something to do with the tune??? any help appreciated
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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could be throttle cracker tables set too high... did you open your throttle body blade or drill the Tb hole out any?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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when i am cruising around my car will stay at like 1600 or so when i have no foot on the gas and it is annoying as hell does anyone else have this problem i got this after all mods and i might have a vaccum leak or something or is it something to do with the tune??? any help appreciated

exactly what are your mods?
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 10:00 PM
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I'd say its your tune.

If it was a vacuum leak it would run like complete ****.
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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is this on the freeway when the verter is locked..cuz that would be perfectly normal
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Old Dec 13, 2007 | 10:05 PM
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That would of been my last approach to finding his problem, maybe his pcm didn't like it at all!
Did you disconnect the battery during the install?
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Old Dec 14, 2007 | 08:05 AM
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if your tune up to date? thats generally a problem when you mod and your tune is off.
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it does all the time and now it is real bad since i had to take the battery out yesterday
but its probably the tune i will have to check when i put the ls6 intake and injectors but it really sucks!!!!! i have a 230 cam and supporting mods, i didnt drill the hole in the throttle body either
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