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Old May 2, 2006 | 03:35 PM
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mine idles at 1000 i think thats a little high though.
is it?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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My car idled around 600-700
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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970rpm's.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:36 PM
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thats a little high.
i think the computer shoots for 850 for a manual.

i see you have a throttle body, might try closing the blades alittle with the set screw and see if it goes down.
this is much easier to do if you have a scanner so you can see what the iac motor is doing..

or tach could easily be off by that much.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:39 PM
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1200 or so when its cold, 1000 when its warm. anything below 1000 and the engine sounds like its gonna die.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:40 PM
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Yea, the LE3 will do that
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Old May 2, 2006 | 05:43 PM
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1200 or so when its cold, 1000 when its warm. anything below 1000 and the engine sounds like its gonna die.
Not only that but it for me Ill run rich at idle if set to low. I have something like a LE3.3 I guess.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:00 PM
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she likes to idle at 2000 for a little bit and then drops down to 1000... I'm guessing that's cause of my performace tune from pcm4less?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:10 PM
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~850, just the bolt ons
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:14 PM
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Originally Posted by outdooricon
she likes to idle at 2000 for a little bit and then drops down to 1000... I'm guessing that's cause of my performace tune from pcm4less?
funny you should mention that. mine does the same thing sometimes. hmmm
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Honda Hunter
funny you should mention that. mine does the same thing sometimes. hmmm
What mods have you done?
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:39 PM
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383 with every bolt on, decent sized cam and 9.0 dcr. I also think my idle screw on the t/b has something to do with it.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:43 PM
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Bone stock A4 right around 800
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:51 PM
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My tach says 1000rpms but when I hooked it up to the computer its idles right around 850ish. Its a 93' M6.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:54 PM
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That's a good point. I didnt find out my stock rpm gauge was off until I got my scanmaster.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 08:00 PM
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hotcam, 650-700
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Old May 2, 2006 | 08:33 PM
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900ish I think. Stock.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 08:05 PM
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Mine idles at 1000, but i hooked an aftermarket tach up to it straight to the tach lead on the computer and that tach says it idles at 800. i have heard quite a bit that stock tach's are fast by 200 or so. But i have also heard that GM made the idle different in alot of cars due to the gearing of the car. My friend has a police package with the 2.73 rear end and his idles at 500 on the stock tach.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 08:07 PM
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LS1 edit set to 900
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Old May 4, 2006 | 12:09 AM
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600ish when all warmed up
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