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Old 06-18-2007, 01:08 AM
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mine is normally at 750 although it tends to idle higher right after i start it up in the morning. it'll stay at around 1300 or so for a couple minutes and then come down to 750. is this normal?
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Old 06-18-2007, 01:13 AM
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Is it bad to idle at 500???
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Old 06-18-2007, 01:53 PM
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mine is normally at 750 although it tends to idle higher right after i start it up in the morning. it'll stay at around 1300 or so for a couple minutes and then come down to 750. is this normal?
Yes its normal.
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Old 06-18-2007, 04:59 PM
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i adjusted mine with two screwdrivers under the carburator...
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Old 06-18-2007, 06:46 PM
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mine idles at 1000 when i first start it,then drops a little after it warms up.
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Old 06-18-2007, 06:55 PM
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Mine Idled at 500 before my tune, now with the 93 tune it idles at 750 and is kinda loud lol I'm thinking about lowering it back to 500 just so I can think before I go WOT!
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Old 06-18-2007, 07:04 PM
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around 750
it takes quite some time to come down (a sec or 2) to that, but once stopped. it'll idle at 750
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Old 06-18-2007, 08:44 PM
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i adjusted mine with two screwdrivers under the carburetor...
Just be sure you are tweaking on the idle speedscrew and not the idle mixture...
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Old 06-19-2007, 08:29 AM
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Around 700RPMs
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Old 06-21-2007, 08:23 AM
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mine is normally at 750 although it tends to idle higher right after i start it up in the morning. it'll stay at around 1300 or so for a couple minutes and then come down to 750. is this normal?
Yes its normal.
I idle at around 550-600 after warm up. On start she idles @ around 900
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