82 power ram 50 RPM High or not

[VWfenatic]

Hello everyone, I just put a tach in my 82 power ram 50 and it reads around 900rpm once warmed up, now is it just me or is this idle a little high and what should the redline be in my truck as well maybe i am just over thinking things but would please anyone give me some hints or lead me in the correct direction of what my RPMs should read thank you

[VWfenatic]

sorry i forgot to mention that it has the 2.6 Liter

[pennyman1]

idle rpms should be 750 for the 2.6 - adjust it down after checking the timing - these run best at 10 degrees btdc, stock is 7 btdc

[VWfenatic]

So what should the redline be do you know thanks for your input

[pennyman1]

Redline is 6000, but most 2.6s will never see it in these trucks on a regular basis - no need to.

[BradMph]

If you have AC you might want to up the idle a bit because during the summer when you turn on the AC it will drop the idle down and with headlights on it drops a little more. 900 doesn't seem to bad. But, I like mine a little more on the higher end for some reason.

[VWfenatic]

yeah my truck does not seem like it idles high and i set the redline on my tach at like 3.5 or 4 cause it seems like 3.5 is really pushing my motor by the way it sounds anyway