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Originally Posted by cybercoaster
Should get my car soon, I told dealer not to put anything but 91 octane in it. He came back and said the camaro is tuned for 87 octane and anything higher would throw a code. I explained the finding to him and he said he would go ahead and put the 91 octane if I requested but he wouldnt recommend it. I asked him to please put the 91 in it. I think dealers should keep up on things going on.
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seriously... smack your dealer in the face. unless you are getting the v6, you need 91 or higher in the car.
tell the dealer not to fill it up. drive it to the gas station, get the reciept and tell them to reimburse you. only true way to guarantee whats in the tank. even then, id still drive it for a while then do the fuse pull when you change the oil.
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Originally Posted by Phoenix328
All right guys, i have an ls3 and am very dissapointed with the power thought i would be able to roast the tires from a stop, but i cant. I just did the fuse pull now so i will be back with the results tommrow. i havent noticed any of the other ls3 problems guys have been saying though. it does not jerk when im shifting and so forth. the only other difference i notice as far as a problem is the idle is too low in my opinion it idles as about 600 to 700 rpms. I will keep you all posted.
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the thing to keep in mind is that this car is made to stick to the ground. spinning the tires is a waste of power. yeah, its cool, and yeah, I've done it numerous times in all of my cars. but GM designed this car to hook. dont be upset if you cant get the tires loose (without a 5000rpm clutch dump)
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Originally Posted by SS-screamer
I have an L99 and it idles at 500. Is this too low?  |
not at all. is that in gear or in park/neutral?
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Originally Posted by Phoenix328
in my opinion yes. it should be ideling at 700 to 800 at least i think.
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nope. not at all
reason being is this: the lower an engine can idle (without stumbling) is a proven factor of how well the engine is tuned. my 94Z A4 idles right at 500rpm in park/neutral and around 4XX or so in gear.
the LS3 should idle above 600 however, but the L99 should idle lower than that (esp in gear)