Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

 
Page 1 of 2
1
2
Search: Posts Made By: hmx
Showing results 1 to 50 of 67
Search took 0.06 seconds.
Forum: DIY PROM
05-15-2014, 05:37 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 838
Posted By hmx

Re: ?'s about proms

You're welcome! Also, found the thread:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tbi/354409-come-free-tune.html

It's a fairly long read, but I got a lot out of it myself the first time around. if...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-02-2014, 03:20 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 838
Posted By hmx

Re: ?'s about proms

I'm not 100% sure I understand what was written, but if I am reading this correctly, you had an auto that you converted to stick and left the PROM the same. You will have a lot of problems,...
Forum: DIY PROM
03-27-2014, 11:17 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 867
Posted By hmx

TunerPro RT 5 Problems Datalogging WBO2

I have an Innovate LC-1 WBO2 installed, with the DB gauge (connected to the brown wire) and the AutoProm from moates (connected to the yellow wire that has been reprogrammed to be the same as the...
Forum: DIY PROM
03-25-2014, 08:45 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 625
Posted By hmx

Re: PE Question (8746 / $61 / ANLU)

Ah, OK, that makes more sense. I was taking it literally, thinking TPS had to equal 100% or the MAP had to be 100 kPa or something. Thanks for clearing that up, and the confirmation on AE mode!
Forum: DIY PROM
03-25-2014, 12:03 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 625
Posted By hmx

PE Question (8746 / $61 / ANLU)

I've been reading the stickies and the various threads about PE mode, but am still a little unclear on PE mode on the 8746. From this thread:
...
Forum: DIY PROM
03-15-2014, 12:22 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,659
Posted By hmx

Re: doing something wrong with writing chips

Is it idling rich in open loop mode (before the engine warms up) or in closed loop mode (once the engine is warm), or both? There are different places on the chip programming for these. You may...
Forum: DIY PROM
03-12-2014, 08:42 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 2,659
Posted By hmx

Re: doing something wrong with writing chips

How did you test for connection with your soldering? I'm wondering, because before I soldered the ZIF to my ECM's adapter, I had connection issues like you describe.
Forum: DIY PROM
03-12-2014, 08:32 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 646
Posted By hmx

Re: Is it common for a new chip to be bad?

I have not had that problem, but admittedly, I have not burned very many different chips. There are a lot of folks on here who have a lot more experience with chips, perhaps hundreds. I have had...
Forum: DIY PROM
02-20-2014, 09:59 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,173
Posted By hmx

Re: Assembly Question 8746 $61 ANLU

Not to reply to myself, but I have been going over the code and have more questions related to the above topic.

The ADC to temperature conversion table appears to be solely in the comments section...
Forum: DIY PROM
02-19-2014, 05:05 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,173
Posted By hmx

Re: Assembly Question 8746 $61 ANLU

Ah ha! That was what I had assumed, but I wanted to double check, as I have been wrong (many times) before.

Thus, this means that the smog pump turn on is in regular A/D units, although the...
Forum: DIY PROM
02-19-2014, 03:07 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,173
Posted By hmx

Re: Assembly Question 8746 $61 ANLU

Ugh. My search function was not working. It came up with no hits for "4A5" until I restarted the computer. Thanks for your explanation; the FCB works just as I thought it did--through referencing...
Forum: DIY PROM
02-18-2014, 11:00 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,173
Posted By hmx

Assembly Question 8746 $61 ANLU

Having read through the hack/disassembly of the 8746, I am curious as to how the computer handles the analog to digital conversion (ADC). For instance, near the start of the EPROM in the ANLU chip,...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
02-03-2014, 10:28 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,055
Posted By hmx

Re: Broken Starter

Wow, thanks for all the great replies! Crawled under the car and did some inspection today:

1. Flywheel checks out OK.

2. Engine block is not cracked (phew!)

3. I'm pretty sure the shims...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
02-02-2014, 12:04 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,055
Posted By hmx

Broken Starter

Car wouldn't start, would sort of crank, but not well. Went down and looked at the starter, found this:

339663

I've never seen a starter crack like this before. Have any of you? What on...
Forum: DIY PROM
01-29-2014, 09:04 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 906
Posted By hmx

Re: AIR / Smog pump Code Location 8746 $61

Awesome! Thank you once again!
Forum: DIY PROM
01-28-2014, 05:26 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 906
Posted By hmx

AIR / Smog pump Code Location 8746 $61

I've read through all the stickies in the Exhaust forum, and been searching trying to find where the temperature enable for the smog pump is in the 8746. I want to remove my smog pump and delete its...
Forum: TBI
01-21-2014, 10:20 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 20,374
Posted By hmx

Re: long cranking tbi....tuning fix?

Ah ha! The light has gone on! (Sometimes I need to beat something into my brain). I think I have it now.

So really, because the volatility of the gasoline at -10 °C is so low, the fuel...
Forum: TBI
01-19-2014, 09:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 20,374
Posted By hmx

Re: long cranking tbi....tuning fix?

Thanks again, RBob! Sorry about my careless paraphrasing; I forgot to include the "think" part of your statement.

Are all the AFRs divided by 10? I ask because, if you use the example:



In...
Forum: TBI
01-16-2014, 06:44 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 20,374
Posted By hmx

Re: long cranking tbi....tuning fix?

RBob, thanks for the (as always) timely and informative reply!

In your original post, you said that the values for the vacuum in the multiplier table went from 80 kPa down to 0 kPa. Starting at...
Forum: TBI
01-15-2014, 10:37 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 20,374
Posted By hmx

Re: long cranking tbi....tuning fix?

RBob,

I know this thread is old, but I figured I'd continue it rather than start a new one since it contains the information I'm after.

I'm running an 8746 ECM $61 mask and a modified version...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-26-2013, 11:45 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 830
Posted By hmx

Re: APFN BIN

Whoops, meant to get the year right on the zip file. Same file, different (correct) name. Couldn't figure out how to delete the thread, so if someone wants to delete the first post, go ahead.
...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-26-2013, 11:41 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 830
Posted By hmx

APFN BIN

Just ripped this off a chip from the junkyard. Came out of a 1990 Caprice Classic with a 5.0L and a 200R4. Don't know if anyone is interested or not, but I figured I'd throw it out there since I...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
06-14-2012, 12:55 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,112
Posted By hmx

Re: Code 43

FYI, in the case that you are curious... you're seeing a forced knock check. RBob describes it in a thread about patching code for burning your own chips:
...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-14-2012, 12:45 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,838
Posted By hmx

Re: 89 caprice Vats?

I would agree, burning is not for everyone. It is possible to contact a company and pay them to burn a chip for you. I have never done this, although if you read the boards, many people here find...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-13-2012, 08:44 AM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,838
Posted By hmx

Re: 89 caprice Vats?

I swapped out my 305 for a 350 in my '89 Caprice. It was (and still is) TBI. Unless you rewired it, it's probably still wired for the TBI.

As for the ECM, my car will run off the 305 stock chip,...
Forum: Tech / General Engine
06-11-2012, 12:22 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 462
Posted By hmx

High Altitude IAC Counts

Does anyone here have experience with setting the IAC at high altitude? I'm at 7200 feet, and the IAC hangs out in the 55-73 range when the engine is warmed up. That seems a little higher than what...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-07-2012, 07:15 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,400
Posted By hmx

Re: Moates.net downloads

FYI, the .url files under 'documentation' for the moates stuff is a bunch of broken links. The PDFs are fine, but the .urls don't link to anything.
Forum: DIY PROM
06-06-2012, 10:22 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,711
Posted By hmx

Re: Anyone doing tuning with a mac laptop?

For those running Tunerpro RT under XP/BootCamp on the mac (i.e., not emulated, but actual copy of windows running under dual boot on the mac), you need to follow the instructions that came with the...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-05-2012, 10:20 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 4,711
Posted By hmx

Re: Anyone doing tuning with a mac laptop?

I am not even going to get into the Mac vs. PC thing, but I have used WinALDL (Windows XP) under boot camp on a 2007 Intel MacBook, and it is flawless.

Although I have no experience with the...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-03-2012, 01:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,322
Posted By hmx

Re: Quick BPW Check...

Outstanding! Thanks again!
Forum: DIY PROM
06-03-2012, 12:02 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,400
Posted By hmx

Re: Moates.net downloads

Yeah, I got similar:

"We've been having some website trouble. It will probably be down for a while."

Sucks, too. They had a great website. I hope they get their stuff ironed out soon!
Forum: DIY PROM
06-03-2012, 11:59 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,322
Posted By hmx

Re: Quick BPW Check...

Ah ha, I was looking in the disassembled bin file, not the XDF! I'll make sure to edit the XDF in TP only.

The two AE tables you speak of are clear in the $61.xdf, but are listed as "Pump Shot...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-03-2012, 12:10 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,322
Posted By hmx

Re: Quick BPW Check...

RBob, I appreciate all your help. I looked through old threads, and you told 91RockS that the table to look for, containing the BPC modification when the EGR is on is a 12 line table at location...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-30-2012, 10:01 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,838
Posted By hmx

Re: 89 caprice Vats?

I stand corrected.




OOC, do you know if the caprice wagon had the 5.7L in it? Or was there a towing package with the 5.7L option?
Forum: DIY PROM
05-30-2012, 01:05 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,446
Posted By hmx

Re: ANYX bcc hard to find?

I was thinking more along the lines of PMing the guys who said they had it, but they may or may not be around anymore.
Forum: DIY PROM
05-30-2012, 10:03 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,446
Posted By hmx

Re: ANYX bcc hard to find?

A few people here claim to have one:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/diy-prom/494017-need-manual-89-6e.html

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/diy-prom/260513-anyx-bin.html

etc. You might try...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-28-2012, 09:04 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 3,173
Posted By hmx

Re: Speedo not working, bad PROM or bad VSS?

It could be a number of things, some of which I am not competent to comment on, but I had a similar experience as you and in my case, it turned out to be the speedometer gear within the automatic...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-28-2012, 07:05 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 5,838
Posted By hmx

Re: 89 caprice Vats?

Sorry this is a little late. I own an '89 Caprice, and it originally came with the 305 (5.0L) V8. It is the first year for TBI in the Caprice (my friend owned the 1988 and it was carbureted)...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-27-2012, 11:54 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,322
Posted By hmx

Re: Quick BPW Check...

Thanks for the info! I hadn't realized that there was an entire table for the BPW/BPC when the EGR was active (probably because most people deactivate it and thus there is little discussion of it on...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-27-2012, 04:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,322
Posted By hmx

Quick BPW Check...

First, let me say thank you to all of the contributors on the boards here. I have not posted a lot, but I have spent many hours reading, and the insight shared here has saved me many hours of work...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-23-2012, 10:00 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 5,951
Posted By hmx

Re: Code 43 ESC

I had a very similar problem happen on my car (8746 ECM). I hit the gas and it went into PE mode on the highway, and gave a Code 43, with the SES light. Pulled over, turned the car off, waited 30...
Forum: Cooling
07-18-2011, 06:26 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 22,062
Posted By hmx

Re: R406a "Autofrost" review

IIRC, HotShot is similar in compostion to AutoFrost. HotShot is still being made and is available from IROC I think.

Beware to read the labels, though. There were a few 'replacement' coolants...
Forum: Cooling
07-13-2011, 08:30 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,284
Posted By hmx

Re: Air Conditioner won't charge!!!

I recharged my caprice with R-406a (autofrost) and it worked well. It's a drop in for R-12 and was cheaper than R-134 last time I bought it. No conversions with oils, etc. necessary. I originally...
Forum: Cooling
10-08-2009, 01:57 AM
Replies: 72
Views: 16,829
Posted By hmx

R-12 Replacement: R-406a (autofrost)

I finished the conversion of my system to R-406a or autofrost. All the stories Reid and the others have been telling is true. It's unbelievable. My A/C was never this cold before and definitely...
Forum: Cooling
09-14-2009, 02:30 AM
Replies: 69
Views: 10,447
Posted By hmx

Re: Autofrost (R-406a) video demo

Reid--
I got my license and am looking to get my cans of autofrost ordered here this week, but was wondering a few things:

1. Did you remove your Schrader valve as is recommended in the...
Forum: DIY PROM
08-11-2009, 04:22 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 845
Posted By hmx

Tuner Pro RT Connection issues

Here's the problem in a nutshell: I cannot get Tuner Pro RT to dataog on my car.

The specifics:

Car: '89 Chevy Caprice with a 5.7L L05 engine
Connector: ALDU1 and CABL1 (Moates)
Computer:...
Forum: Cooling
07-21-2009, 12:57 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 10,447
Posted By hmx

Re: Autofrost (R-406a) video demo

Fantastic! That's what I was hoping to hear. I couldn't imagine anything different about the compressor, but one never knows. Now to look into the autofrost... :)
Forum: Cooling
07-20-2009, 09:40 PM
Replies: 69
Views: 10,447
Posted By hmx

Re: Autofrost (R-406a) video demo

So here my situation: I've got an '89 Chevy Caprice with the old R-12 system in it; I had it 'converted' to R-134a (i.e., evacuated of R-12 and then backfilled with R-134a and oil) and withing two...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-16-2009, 04:24 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,287
Posted By hmx

Re: Ostrich Question

That's a good point. Since I'm already invested in the separates, perhaps I'll go with those and not worry about the autoprom. Thanks!
Forum: DIY PROM
06-15-2009, 04:31 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,287
Posted By hmx

Re: Ostrich Question

Thanks for the info!

I'm considering what the next step is; I'd like to be able to emulate so that I can play with my programming on the chip, but I also want to be able to read the two stock...
Showing results 1 to 50 of 67
 
Page 1 of 2
1
2


 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT -5. The time now is 04:44 PM.