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Please help me with problem that I have with my mustang, I rebuild my engine with e303 cam. The car idle good when is in park , the car runs good but when I'm coming on a stop , the engine shuts down and wont idle, I already put a new idle speed control, tps I dont know what to look now, please any suggestion.
 

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not sure about autos, but on sticks, the VSS keeps the rolling idle higher to accomodate extra load (PS, electrical load, etc).

no other ideas jump out. good luck.
 
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What is a vss, my is stick
 

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dany5.0 said:
Please help me with problem that I have with my mustang, I rebuild my engine with e303 cam. The car idle good when is in park , the car runs good but when I'm coming on a stop , the engine shuts down and wont idle, I already put a new idle speed control, tps I dont know what to look now, please any suggestion.
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Hmm...well what exactly is everything you did for the "rebuild"...what things did you mess with...?

A temporary fix to your problem is where you can adjust the little idle screw to keep the revs up a bit higher...until you find the real reason...if you need to drive the car as a daily driver...

VSS = vehicle speed sensor
 

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What is a vss, my is stick
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ok, gotcha (when you referred to having the car in park, i assumed you had an auto).

5sp recommended what i would have said too.

are you getting any codes?

good luck.
 
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I rebuild the engine and I did AOD TO T5 swap that's all I did also before I rebuild my engine i converted my speed density into mass air I dont know if that could cause the problem
 
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