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70mm throttle body for an 88 gt

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hey everyone, im new and need help. my cars a 1988 mustang gt, its supposed to be bored to a 308, stock intake, edelbrock performer rpm upper and lower intake manifold, stock fuel system, and bbk long-tube headers and full 2 1/2" exhaust with american thunder mufflers, smog pump and a/c deletes.... and i recently tried putting on a 70mm throttle body, and it wouldn't run. it would start and act like it had a vacuum leak and then shut off, but i'm 99% sure there's not a leak. so i put my stock tb back on and it runs fine. am i running too lean? and if so, what do i need to do to fix it?
 

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When you put the 70mm on did you reset the TPS and reset the idle?
 
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it came with a tps and we checked it with a meter and it was where the instructions said it should be at. but how would you reset the idle?
 

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Search for "idle reset procedure"

In fact there's a post on the first page where I explained how to do it.
Edit:http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-forums/846209-help-setting-idle.html


if you still have stock heads, a 70mm tb won't make a difference. Your heads a huge bottleneck at this point
 
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