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May 16, 2015 | 03:39 PM

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MACE_Hardware

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St. Jude Donor '17-'18-'19

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Idle Lope

My 2015 Z51 7MT has a slight "lope" at idle. Above idle it's glass smooth. I have about 1700 miles on it and it's TPW was 03/23/2015. I burn major brand premium fuel.

I haven't been able to find any posts about this so I'm wondering if it is not normal.

I post in Tech so that if the reply is "nope, not normal" there might be suggestions of what is the possible issue.

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May 16, 2015 | 04:37 PM

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The LT1 has a pretty decent sized cam in it, the shake at idle is normal

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May 16, 2015 | 06:03 PM

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sports car not luxury car

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May 16, 2015 | 07:01 PM

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Quote:

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sports car not luxury car

True but the C5 and C6 were pretty smooth.

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May 16, 2015 | 07:23 PM

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True but the C5 and C6 were pretty smooth.

my C5Z was rougher than the C7 but then again it was a Z06 and pretty primitive vs today's standards....

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May 16, 2015 | 11:41 PM

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I installed a Faster Proms ported intake manifold on my Z51 A8 and the engine definitely idles smoother at stoplights.

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May 17, 2015 | 12:22 AM

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sports car not luxury car

Well said....

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May 17, 2015 | 12:44 PM

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MACE_Hardware

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Well, it's more luxury than my other beaters.

Thanks for the replies.

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