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Old 06-29-2014, 06:03 PM
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Many "cammy" engines like a slightly rich idle to reduce off-idle bog at a speed where the big cam reduces the engine's efficiency. The acceleration pump simply isn't quick enough to cover it all.
With such an idle mixture, opening a small vacuum leak would speed the engine up.
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