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My Z is a little too eager


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I have a '74 260Z (pre-fuel injection 280s), and sometimes when the engine gets warm, it will start to idle fast when I come to a stop light. To remedy the problem (until I come to a stop again) I can pull on the choke and then turn it off, and for whatever reason, the car will return to a normal idle.

I got work done on the car about 1000 miles ago, and they said that one of the accelerator pedal hinges was worn out/installed incorrectly, so they drilled a new hole and so now I would get the full extent of the acceleration range. So yeah, that worked for about a week, and now it feels like it did before.

Have any of you guys had this problem before? And if so, might you know a more permanent solution than what the auto body shop did?

Thanks much!!!

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sblake01, where is the altitude switch and how did you adjust it? I have the same high idle problem when the engine gets warm on my 78 280z

It's located under the dash on the driver's side above and to the left of the clutch pedal but it's only on California cars.

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