What is a good running idle speed for a mini to help performance etc?
Mini Idle Speed
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, Feb 18 2014 05:53 PM
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 05:54 PM
What is a good running idle speed for a mini to help performance etc?
Just so it runs without struggling, idle doesn't affect performance
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 05:55 PM
What is a good running idle speed for a mini to help performance etc?
Just so it runs without struggling, idle doesn't affect performance
Yeah you're not going to notice any performance gains from a faster or slower idle. IIRC a good idle is around 800-1k rpm
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 05:55 PM
In regards to RPM what should it be with the choke in?
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 05:58 PM
In regards to RPM what should it be with the choke in?
I would say round about 800 but as long as the engine idles nicely and doesn't struggle then what ever you want
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 07:05 PM
I'll change it at the weekend, thank you
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 07:06 PM
I Think it say 750 rpm in the haynes manual for my 998.
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 07:11 PM
Is there anyway to accurately measure this, other than the clock in the dash?
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 07:57 PM
I Think it say 750 rpm in the haynes manual for my 998.
Believe it also says +/- 50 rpm
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Posted 18 February 2014 - 10:06 PM
If you've got a modded engine with a lumpy cam in you'll struggle get it to idle that slow
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Posted 19 February 2014 - 06:16 AM
Also when you have the lights on, or any other electrical devices, this will drag the rpm down so I set it at about 900 rpm with everything off
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Posted 19 February 2014 - 11:13 AM
IMO you don't need numbers for this, just the slowest comfortable idle will be right.
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Posted 19 February 2014 - 12:26 PM
The idle with the choke fully out is higher anyway, set the idle speed to 800 RPM with the choke in.
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Posted 19 February 2014 - 12:54 PM
What's a good idle speed for an mpi 1275 ?
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Posted 19 February 2014 - 12:58 PM
What's a good idle speed for an mpi 1275 ?
I don't believe you can adjust that, can you?
I you can, again, 800 RPM.
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