Idle help

5OMustang

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Hey everyone, I have a 94 GT 5.0 5 speed with 190 twisted wedge heads, trickflow cam, 30lbs injectors, 75mm throttlebody, longtubes, custom tune with a systemax. Engine was rebuilt over the winter. I’ve replaced TPS and IAC due to hanging rpm in between gears which is now fixed, cleaned IAT and maf. I’ve done a bunch of base idle resets. Now my car drives great but idles at 1400-1500. I have IAC screw on BBK throttlebody closed. On base idle I unplugged IAC and adjusted throttle stop screw until car was barely running. Then plugged IAC back in and holds 1400. If I turn the throttle screw to idle it down I can get it to 1000 but it will randomly die at lights when stopping. No vacuum leaks as well. I do have a tps “out of range” check engine light pop up after a couple mins of driving. Any tips to get this thing to idle right? Thanks
 

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if its idling that high with the throttle stop set to completely close the butterfly then there is a vac leak somewhere. Get a cigar and do a smoke test or take it to have one done.
 
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if its idling that high with the throttle stop set to completely close the butterfly then there is a vac leak somewhere. Get a cigar and do a smoke test or take it to have one done.
Thanks for the quick reply, sorry if I wasn’t clear but the screw for the butterfly is what I’m using to kind of get it to idle. If I close it so car idles at 1000 which is aslow as I can turn it before car dies, it will sometimes stall when coming to a stop. So I turned it open about another 1/2 turn and car holds around 1400. I have the screw for the IAC completely closed.
 

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with the butterfly completely closed it should not be able to idle well if at all but certainly not as high as 1000 rpm.
 

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