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Old May 23, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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i just put some 799 heads and a 610 lift cam in my car and got to start it last night for the first time. it seemed to run great off idle and sounds 100 times better now but it wont idle at all. i have herd you have to drill out the hole in your throttle body, if so how big?

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Old May 23, 2012 | 11:07 AM
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Do not start drilling holes in your throttlebody. You need someone to tune the car and set the idle. In the interim you could adjust the idle/throttle stop screw to open the blade and let a little more air in.
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Old May 23, 2012 | 11:18 AM
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Absolutely dont touch your TB just have the car tuned you are moving ALOT more air than the computer is calibrated for. It needs to be re calibrated.
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i just put some 799 heads and a 10 lift cam in my car and got to start it last night for the first time. it seemed to run great off idle and sounds 100 times better now but it wont idle at all. i have herd you have to drill out the hole in your throttle body, if so how big?
Go get your car tuned.
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alright thanks for the info!
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Out of curiosity, what's the cam specs?
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Originally Posted by Rise of the Phoenix
Out of curiosity, what's the cam specs?
236/240 601/608 113+4 lsa

can anyone tell me what the +4 means?
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dam, just realized i put throttle body not throttle plate. (or what ever the name for the plate that opens and closes is)
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Originally Posted by musclecarsrock68
236/240 601/608 113+4 lsa

can anyone tell me what the +4 means?
+4 mean you have 4 degrees of overlap ground into the cam
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Originally Posted by Z28SteveA4
+4 mean you have 4 degrees of overlap ground into the cam

That is 4 degrees of advance timing ground in, not overlap..That cam has 12 degrees of overlap.
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You could try this post no.6 might get you a little idle till you get it tuned.https://ls1tech.com/forums/pcm-diagn...-idle-ls1.html
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You could try this post no.6 might get you a little idle till you get it tuned.https://ls1tech.com/forums/pcm-diagn...-idle-ls1.html
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