Color has nothing to with idle speed.  Just a little "Y" style humor.

Warsaw, IN

ok what the h e double hocky sticks does color have to do with the idle?

"young bucks bring fresh ideas sometimes they work sometimes they dont but all the same it was an idea it wasnt the first it wont be the last either!"

Mine will soon be like tim's at about 800-900 rpm


If it aint broke, lets modify it!

1962 Galaxie 500 Town Victoria 4dr. 292 with a nice mild cam.

Salinas California.

Baby blue is normally at 800 but at 700 really starts shaking he butt.

Warsaw, IN

Thunderboy:

Try shutting your engine off while it is still in gear.  That should stop the run-on.

John

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

Two tone does kick it up a bit. Mine seems to like about 750, also a non stock cam.


Lawrenceville, GA

My truck is red and white two tone so that makes my idle about 800-900.  The cam may be the reason also. 

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350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

If its in a red car, it needs to be about a hundred RPMs higher...

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Billerica, MA

IIRC, a 292 with 4 bbl and FOM should idle at 450, per the 1956 car service manual.

Mine has a bigger cam with more overlap, and i can get it to idle around 500 to 550.

Both of those are with the car in gear.

Not sure if its different for later years/trucks.  No mention of color dependencies in the manual either! 

Ron Grove

Wauconda, IL

it's a blue '58 f100 but not sure what color has to do with it.  It does have a two barrel holley and I had it set at around 600-700 rpm and it would stumble and even die at times but at 800-900 it sounds like it is way too high.

1958 F100 292

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