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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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tpi engine swap

Hello! I am wanting to change out my 3.1L SD engine from a 92 firebird and put in a 350 TPI unit. If I stay with the SD set up, can I keep my existing wiring harness and just add two injector plugs?

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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 12:46 PM
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Get the proper harness from a donor car. You'll need other things, anyway.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 03:06 PM
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Well. I think that I've gotten everything that I'm supposed to get from the donor car, but it is a MAF and I'd like to go to MAP if possible.
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 03:32 PM
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Ok. if the 350 TPI uses the 730 ECM and the 3.1L uses the same 730 ECM , and the only difference is the Memcal, then why wouldn't the wiring harness hook up the same way? I don't know what the difference would be between the SD 3.1L harness and a SD 350 TPI harness. TPI uses the same type of two coil connector like the 3.1L, I think, so the only difference would be the connections? the 3.1 has these:

oil pressure
coolant temp
fan control (only 1 fan instead of 2)
iac
tps
injectors (only six instead of 8)
a/c compressor
alternator
knock sensor
egr
MAP sensor
distributor
incoming air temp sensor
brake
tranny connector

wouldn't all of these be the same on the 350 tpi system?
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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 05:28 PM
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Those details would be better addressed on the TPI forum.
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 09:37 PM
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I'm trying there too. and a couple of other web sites with no luck yet.
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