Chris Corkins, IIRC, removed the ICV and plugged the throttle bypass.
Made it sound like he was happy with that as a permanent solution.
And no doubt he has the AFM, TB, TBS, TSII and O2 sensor perfectly
dialed in, and the intake air-tight.

On 2/22/17, John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had my share of idle problems and almost invariably the trouble was a
> vacuum leak or an idle controller(in front of the right tail light)
> problem. A rough running engine can be tamed as a temporary repair often by
> disconecting either the o2 sensor or the idle stabilizer valve. It's only a
> temporary measure though. You need those items to work to get best
> performance.
>
> On Feb 22, 2017 18:13, "Dan N" <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> thanks all for the help... the problem is solved... here's the finding
>
> I check thoroughly for air leak but found none.. so I took the throttle
> body out and give it a 2nd cleaning including removing the big screw.. then
> I install a new gasket (on the plenum).. and voilà... the idle is back as
> it should now...
>
> dan
>

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It seems my TO-DO list is a FITO (faster-in-than-out)