what is normal idle in your viper?

[STUGOTS]

Im just asking because mine may be a little low it is about 300.

Can anyone tell me there idle just to give me an idea of where im at?

 

[carguy07]

700 is normal. Factory tach is not that accurate. Is it stalling?

 

[93Cobra]

I believe it should be at about 500 when it doesnt fluctuate like the throtte body needs to be cleaned.

 

[STUGOTS]

no it never EVER stalled

 

[SUN RA KAT]

900 RPMs at cold start up and between 750 and 800 RPMs when warmed up. Youse guys are reading the tach all wrong - the first line is 500 RPMs and the second smaller line is 750 RPMs.

 

[Schulmann]

Mine turns always around 500rmp.

 

[GR8_ASP]

Agree with Kenny. You are probably misreading the tach. I also thought the same thing with my first Viper.

 

[C O D Y]

Sun Ra Kat is right. Look at where the lines are. The first line on the tack is 500 RPM's. I bet your cars are running closer to 800 when you think it's 300.

 

[carguy07]

Opps: http://vca2.viperclub.org/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=UBB14&Number=362800&Forum=UBB14&Words=idle%20speed&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=362800&Search=true#Post362800

 

[STUGOTS]

CODY you are 100% right ok cool thanks

yea its about 300 past the thick black line after the 0 (first line on the tach)

ok cool it is 800 then and thats normal right??

im just paranoid with this car i never want even a hair outta place.

 

[STUGOTS]

and i also asked because the car idle's ruff but keep in my this is my first viper and im not used to hearingthe uneven firing v10 (this is my first v10)

so thanks for baring with me

 

[GTS Dean]

Vipers are factory set to idle at around 720 rpm. A whole lot of people misread the tach.

 

[DodgeViper01]

Mine is at 500 as well.

 

[ViperJoe]

Idle......what's that??

You car has HAIR? SICK!

 

[Jack B]

I just ran my car on the scan tool, idle was 672-679 for five different sessions.

 

[Dimitrios]

mine shows a bit past the 500. does wheater and tempature affect this???

 

[Jack B]

I was fooling with the VEC2 and I flushed the computer and restarted the car. The idle came back to the same exact spot (672). This is read thru the OBDII port. Another interesting point is the temperature. I just put in the 180 degree thermostat. When the gauge shows 12:00, the scan tool shows 190. When the car normalizes at 179, the gauge is a little to the right of the 11:00 mark.

I also just installed the Innovative air fuel logger. The price is right and the capability is amazing. I currently can log both a/f and rpm's. It reads directly or downloads to the laptop. If anyone is interested I can post the pic's of the install.

 

[BlackVenom]

Is there any reason why mine idles at about 1400 when the car is rolling, but slows to 800-900 as soon as I come to a complete stop? It is the same whether the car is in neutral with the clutch out or when I am holding the clutch in.

Not sure if this is normal or something wrong with my clutch, etc.