86 Ecm Question
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86 Ecm Question
I am new to all of this, so bear with me. I have an 86 aluminum head
L98 and am wondering what if any tools and or software is out there to allow me to scan and to make changes in my ecm or in my chip? Can anyone with some patience help out a newbie? I am very mechanically inclined and have been a drag racer of snowmobiles for years and have played with efi controllers and nitrous on sleds, but this thing is all foreign to me! Thanks.
L98 and am wondering what if any tools and or software is out there to allow me to scan and to make changes in my ecm or in my chip? Can anyone with some patience help out a newbie? I am very mechanically inclined and have been a drag racer of snowmobiles for years and have played with efi controllers and nitrous on sleds, but this thing is all foreign to me! Thanks.
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I am new to all of this, so bear with me. I have an 86 aluminum head
L98 and am wondering what if any tools and or software is out there to allow me to scan and to make changes in my ecm or in my chip? Can anyone with some patience help out a newbie? I am very mechanically inclined and have been a drag racer of snowmobiles for years and have played with efi controllers and nitrous on sleds, but this thing is all foreign to me! Thanks.
L98 and am wondering what if any tools and or software is out there to allow me to scan and to make changes in my ecm or in my chip? Can anyone with some patience help out a newbie? I am very mechanically inclined and have been a drag racer of snowmobiles for years and have played with efi controllers and nitrous on sleds, but this thing is all foreign to me! Thanks.
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Newbie here, but I can offer what works for me.For scanning, I'm using an old laptop with windows 98, home built cable and Datamaster.
For bin work, tuner pro, and for burning, Moates Burn 1. Buy the erasable chips(27SF512) and the Burn 1 from Moates.Net, you won't be sorry.
Thirdgen is the place to read up on this stuff, lots to read.
Have fun
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From: Newton KS
I am now tuning my '85 with my laptop. The idea of having to burn and install a chip everytime I wanted to make a change about stopped me. Instead I installed a newer 165 ecm (already in your 86) and a flash e-prom. There are several out there, but I chose the PROMINATOR from Speedtronics (do a search over at third gen). To make a change I just edit the program on the laptop, hook a cable from the laptop to a parallel port mounted under the dash, and upload the new program. I also installed a rotary dip switch that can hold 8 programs at a time! I am also running an '89 program edited to work in my iron head '85. This works with the auto alot easier than the 4+3.
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From: Lakeville MI
Once you get going, you may want to upgrade to a later bin for the 8192 baud scan capability among some additional benefits.
There is some hope for 86 4+3 cars.
With the help of Agent86, I've hacked an 88 $32B ABTR 4+3 bin to work for 86 4+3 cars. A few guys around here are running variations of this bin.
Feel free to contact me when you're ready to upgrade. I may be able to help.
There is some hope for 86 4+3 cars.
With the help of Agent86, I've hacked an 88 $32B ABTR 4+3 bin to work for 86 4+3 cars. A few guys around here are running variations of this bin.
Feel free to contact me when you're ready to upgrade. I may be able to help.
