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Old Apr 7, 2011 | 03:35 PM
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I know 850 rpm is the stock idle, but it feels too fast. I keep waiting for the rpm to settle down, but it never does. After 6 months and 9,000 miles I'm still not use to it. I'm thinking of buying HP tuners and lowering idle, as well as a few other things. Is this a bad Idea?
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Old Apr 7, 2011 | 03:41 PM
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I know 850 rpm is the stock idle, but it feels too fast. I keep waiting for the rpm to settle down, but it never does. After 6 months and 9,000 miles I'm still not use to it. I'm thinking of buying HP tuners and lowering idle, as well as a few other things. Is this a bad Idea?
Hi, is your corvette an automatic or manual..??
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Old Apr 7, 2011 | 03:48 PM
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Hi, yes you can lower it down to 650-700rpm's, or where ever you like it...FYI, do you not have any tuners in your area that could do this for you...instead of you having to buy HPTuners..??
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My tach tells me I idle at 750. Never been tuned.
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Mine is around 825/850 last time I checked with hptuners.... I wouldn't want it lower, just makes the car a bit more lazy off-idle.
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Mine is around 825/850 last time I checked with hptuners.... I wouldn't want it lower, just makes the car a bit more lazy off-idle.
This is what I was worried about, I'll just leave it alone.
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