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Old May 5, 2023 | 09:49 AM
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Are there any computers in a ‘79 Corvette - besides the distributor- thanks
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Old May 5, 2023 | 10:32 AM
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Nope.
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Old May 5, 2023 | 12:08 PM
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The 79 distributor is not a computer. The HEI module is only 4 wires and does no calculations, it merely reacts to a trigger.

The only computer in the car is your phone, and possibly your watch.
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Old May 5, 2023 | 11:17 PM
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No computers in the way modern cars are constantly being monitored but there is a mini-computer on the back of the tach. Nothing else I can think of.



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I wouldn't think of a HEI distributor as anything that has to do with computers. And I never thought of the tach circuit board or for that matter the courtesy light timer board. I guess they are super simple computers after all.
but not anything like a modern engine management system. Or Body control module.
However you can add them if you like.
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Are there any computers in the’82 Corvette?
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Old May 22, 2023 | 08:52 AM
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Originally Posted by BLUDICE
Are there any computers in the’82 Corvette?
Yes. It's fuel injected (Crossfire). It has an ECM or "brain" as it's been sometimes referred to.
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'81 was the first year. CCC...computer command control...
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Nope, the LM1819 chip isn't a computer, it's all analog inside. No 1s and 0s....
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Nope, the LM1819 chip isn't a computer, it's all analog inside. No 1s and 0s....
are you suggesting 1981-82 do not have “computers” in them?
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Originally Posted by BLUDICE
are you suggesting 1981-82 do not have “computers” in them?
No, I'm replying to 67:72 who mistook the IC on the tach board for a computer. It's not. It's an analog chip.
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