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BigV · 11-21-2012, 01:01 PM

hm.

1000 rpm is a high idle. Does the roughness diminish in a linear fashion from 700 to 1000? What's the lowest rpm that is acceptable? Maybe you have a tach, maybe not.

What I'm thinking is how low can you go to get the idle to be smooth? I don't really care about the number, I guess. If it was my car, I'd do the stuff you're doing. But if I could not find anything, I'd rig some way to get the throttle to stay in a position that let it idle smoothly. If that meant using the adjustment screw on the throttle linkage, ok. If that meant bending a bracket to accomplish the same thing, ok. If that meant putting some kind of washer/spacer in the linkage, ok. Pressing eversolightly on the gas pedal while stopped would not be ok. Something like that.

11-21-2012, 01:01 PM	#251
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	hm. 1000 rpm is a high idle. Does the roughness diminish in a linear fashion from 700 to 1000? What's the lowest rpm that is acceptable? Maybe you have a tach, maybe not. What I'm thinking is how low can you go to get the idle to be smooth? I don't really care about the number, I guess. If it was my car, I'd do the stuff you're doing. But if I could not find anything, I'd rig some way to get the throttle to stay in a position that let it idle smoothly. If that meant using the adjustment screw on the throttle linkage, ok. If that meant bending a bracket to accomplish the same thing, ok. If that meant putting some kind of washer/spacer in the linkage, ok. Pressing eversolightly on the gas pedal while stopped would not be ok. Something like that. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.