Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232

["Jay" <jciampi@xxxxxxxx>]

Yes, that's the way mine is. If I step on the gas in drive just slightly, 
the idle smooths out,  I was setting the idle in Park at 700.  Wrong thing 
to do, I guess. I'll try 700 in drive.

Thanks

Jay
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <farna@xxxxxxx>
To: <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: cracked exhaust manifold on 232


> Jay, it should idle around 700 rpm in drive. If the idle is to low in 
> drive you'll get the results you have now. My 4.6L EFI six requires 
> 650-700 rpm to idle smooth in drive. The stick shift computer I'm using 
> wants to idle it at 600 rpm. The engine is rough and "lopey" at that speed 
> though. I have a vacuum gauge, and it's all over the place at the 600 rpm 
> idle. If I rest my foot on the gas and get the idle up to 650-700 the vac 
> gauge settles down along with the smoothness of the engine.
>
> Frank Swygert - Dover, DE
>
> On April 12, 2005 Jay Ciampi wrote:
>
> > Boy, I changed my maniufold yesterday on my American and the darn thing
> > about fell apart when I unbolted it from the block. It had all kinds of
> > cracks, some hair-line and some quite wide and long. Car sounds a lot
> > quieter now but doesn;t idle any smoother.
> >
> > When I set the idle in Park at a rather fast 700 rpm, when i put it in 
> > Drive
> > and the engine slows down, it almost gets loping and rough. I can't seem 
> > to
> > get a "compromise" setting that will be fairly smooth in Drive and still 
> > not
> > jump into gear when I take it out of Park and put it in Drive. Any ideas
> > what I might try with this situation?
> >
> >
> > Jay
> > Lake Placid, FL.
>
>
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