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Old 04-15-2011, 03:22 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by dennyt View Post
I made an orifice plate for my IACV, out of a dime. Drilled a 3/16" hole in the center, filed the perimeter a bit so it was a tight fit in the inlet line, and voila! "High" idle on warmup is down from 2000rpm to 1100, without the driveability problems of disconnecting the IACV entirely.
It's probably already installed, but it would be neat to have pictures, or at least a diagram.

If it's on the inlet line, then I think you are saying it is :

inlet line -> orifice plate -> IAC control valve -> throttle body

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