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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 11:44 AM
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Harness questions

is an 86-87 tpi engine harness different from an 88? Looking to upgrade an 85 setup and was gonna swap out the while harness but not sure what im going to need.
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 12:26 PM
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Re: Harness questions

Iirc 88 has the alternator on the drivers side. There are length differences between birds and Camaros since the battery and ccp are on the passengers side.
You might consider doing the 870 to 165 repin and addition of relays.
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 01:58 PM
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Re: Harness questions

It's going to get more complicated the further you go from the same year and options, like 88 would use a different wiper motor, things you dont normally think about... To do it right, you'll either be splicing parts of your old harness into a later harness, or changing parts to match the later harness's donor car.
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 02:00 PM
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http://f-body383.tripod.com/AAB/870-...pRepinning.htm
Information on the ecm swap
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 02:24 PM
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Re: Harness questions

Originally Posted by Flycaster1977
is an 86-87 tpi engine harness different from an 88? Looking to upgrade an 85 setup and was gonna swap out the while harness but not sure what im going to need.
'85-'86-'87 were two piece harness, gauges, starter, sensors etc.
the other one was for the tuneport
'88 was one piece, everything in one harness.

None of those interchange, but like Drew said, you can splice things together.
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Old Apr 11, 2018 | 04:32 PM
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Re: Harness questions

Thanks everyone for the help. I found an 86 harness that im going to get and i will change any connectors and whatnot.
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Re: Harness questions

You might want to double check c100 for differences before you plug it in.
http://www.austinthirdgen.org/?pid=19
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