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Old 01-11-2008   #1 (permalink)
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for a N/A 2.3L. RPM's that is?
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somewhere between 800 and 900 RPM is good.

Factory spec varied from year to year. You may see numbers in the 700-750 range, but those are typically given for automatics idling in drive.
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