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Old Oct 15, 2001 | 09:49 AM
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Can you swap a 86 puter to....

A 87 computer. If Ir remember right the 85-86 cars had the slowest computer availbe at the time.

What I am wondering is can you just directly swap a 86 puter for the faster 87 comeputer.

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Old Oct 15, 2001 | 11:21 AM
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86 and 87 had the same computer. 85 was different.

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Old Oct 15, 2001 | 12:35 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kat:
A 87 computer. If Ir remember right the 85-86 cars had the slowest computer availbe at the time.
What I am wondering is can you just directly swap a 86 puter for the faster 87 comeputer.
Thanks
Kat
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The 85 used a 1226870
86-89 used the 1227165.
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Old Oct 15, 2001 | 06:52 PM
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Thanks guys I appericate it

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