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Originally Posted by davintosh
How high is your idle? If it's high enough that you have to ride the brakes, that doesn't sound right. Mine -- 3.0 with a manual -- normally idles at ~750rpm, and maybe 1000 when cold. I can't imagine the V8s would be much different from that.
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You have a stick which is completely different from an auto. High idle when the engine is cold is somewhere between 900 and 1000 rpm. If you put the trans in D the idle is high enough that you need to keep the brake on it to prevent the truck from taking off.
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