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Old 01-21-2011, 02:31 PM
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Its smooth quiet idle is due to the cam. Too bad.

The gross duration on the lobes and the lobe separation angle between the lobes are what gives the lumpy "Cobra like" idle. This is an emissions engine and cannot have that.


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