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Old 04-28-2008, 07:07 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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What's your idle rpm?
Just curious.. mostly mine idles at barely under 1000 rpms.. with little fluctuations during idling. Are you all getting the same idle rate?

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That's about what the tach on ours shows, about a needle width below 1K rpm.
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Getting the same as you.
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Our test driver was idling at just a hair over 1k today after a loop around the blocks.
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Yup, Idles around 950 according to the scanguage.

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Cool. Thanks peeps!
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940 for me on my Scangauge....
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just changed my oil after 1300 miles to 10-30w mobil 1 extended performance and now idles at 1100rpm
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