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Rough idle possible base idle reset?

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After finally getting the car running, it’s currently running like there’s a slight miss with full throttle and has a hard time idling. I just checked for vacuum and there’s no leak. You guys think a base idle reset might do it? If not, what should be done?

It is speed density manual
 

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Have you pulled codes?
Did you get that other ECU and try it?
Did you ship your EXU off to ECU Excbange?

By starting another thread people not familiar with what you have done to date don’t know the history on the car so it make helping difficult.

You can change the title on the tread as you progress through things and it keeps the history in one spot.
 
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Base idle reset won't solve that.

Dump the codes, and smoke test for vac leaks. Speed density is VERY sensitive to leaks
 
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