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Old Dec 7, 2005 | 01:51 PM
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Just had to put a new engine in my car, put my intake and throttle body on it, it's timed to 10 degrees, but it won't idle, as soon as i take my foot off the gas it stalls, WHAT ARE SOME THINGS TO LOOK FOR THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS SHYT !!!
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 01:55 PM
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new engine?

what do you have in your new engine?

86 was speed density efi and it doesn't like mods if you did any thing more than a very mild cam or mild heads it will cause the car to not run right.

give us an idea of what you have and maybe we can help ya a littel.
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:02 PM
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I Stupidly took a 5.0 out of a 1990 Lincoln only thing i did was put my the stock 86 intake and throttle body on it and stock 86 headers
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:04 PM
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put that engine in cause it had 150 lbs straight across 80,000 k and was $500 my crank busted in half in the original 86
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:04 PM
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ok isn't what i first suspected

i would start buy trying to adjust the idle ajustment screw see if that will do it if not then look for a vacume leak.
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:07 PM
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Quite the Frankenstein contraption eh Tim, idle screw on E.F.I. ???
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:12 PM
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yeah there should be one on the throttle body.
Old Dec 7, 2005 | 02:14 PM
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right on thanx tim i'll give er a try tonight when im off work...
Old Dec 8, 2005 | 01:03 PM
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just wondering if you got it running?
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