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Not my rx

I think your Celica could own most of us.



OH SNAP! I think that's a dare...

Momentai- It's entirely possible that your car has cams and the head has been ported/polished. Have you bad a chance to look around to see if you have a piggyback on the ECU?

Lets see something leas relative than the butt dyno

haha i'd love to if I had the equipment. Just have a stop watch and a passenger watching my speedo

Not yet, friend who replaced the clutch had a hell of a time getting the tranny out. pulled the whole engine to do it haha. He said it didn't look like his. What would a piggyback look like? When I got it I had the intention of a swap but the heads might be ported and polished with cams. could explain the 900-1k rpm idle and 1400 when cold (seriously high there). My celica should not have a higher idle than my camaro....just sayin.

Not the 1982 Corvette with a supercharged 632 I have in my mind. (one of these days....)




Of course it should. Most 4 cylinders idle around 800 rpm, most 6 cylinders around 650 rpm, and most 8 cylinders around 500. At least that's been the general rule with all the cars I've had.

I think Idle also has to do with displacement.

My 750cc motorcycle idles at 1050, it just has less rotating mass to keep it going

not mine, and i've owned way too many cars for one person in their life

Maybe all your cars have had idle issues then. Out of some 20+ cars encompassing all those engines that's what I've experienced.

It varies from car to car. My f150 idles around 550. My old mustang would idle around 700, both v8s.

My rally car idles at about 2800 rpms haha. May adjust that down a bit.

Like I said, out of some 20+ cars that's what I've noticed. Still, usually the larger the engine the lower the idle. Also the numbers I quoted were for cars with manual transmissions. Automatics generally idle 100-150 higher than their manual counterparts. Again from personal experience and reading service manuals. Really as long as it isn't idling at some ridiculously high rpm that'll harm the engine you're ok. I personally find the idle of a carbureted big block intoxicating.

So whos to say in your 20+ vehicles yours didnt have messed up idles? like he said it ranges from vehicle to vehicle. No need to be a dick.
You should see the 400 65 impala i'm getting, talk about an intoxicating idle......

Nope they were perfect just like me.

Seriously though they were at factory spec. If I were being a dick about it there were other ways to say what I did. I'm only a jack-ass if it's warranted. Besides the icon clearly shows I'm carefree and whimsical with my comments.