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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 05:21 PM
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will vats interfear 350tbi

I have a 89 5speed rs that came stock with a 305tbi. I have a 350 tpi out of a 88 or 89. If I put a tbi intake on this 350 will vats interfear with my system? I do have a 88 tbi car I can get the engine harness and ecm from.Even the dash If I had to use it. I want to switch as little as possible. I realy hate to change out dash and steering colume. I read a post about caprice ecm.Hows vats do with that
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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobby Suth
I have a 89 5speed rs that came stock with a 305tbi. I have a 350 tpi out of a 88 or 89. If I put a tbi intake on this 350 will vats interfear with my system? I do have a 88 tbi car I can get the engine harness and ecm from.Even the dash If I had to use it. I want to switch as little as possible. I realy hate to change out dash and steering colume. I read a post about caprice ecm.Hows vats do with that
I went from tbi to tpi and the vats wasn't a factor. Since you're planning on keeping the original configuration it will have even less bearing on your swap. You'll be fine.
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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 09:06 PM
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Re: will vats interfear 350tbi

They say to use a 350 ecm,prom and knock sencer. Oh and 350 injectors. Third gen had no 350 TBI,so a truck or caprice ecm and prom got a be used. Will the caprice and truck ecm and prom still work in a vats equipped car?

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Old Aug 2, 2016 | 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobby Suth
They say to use a 350 ecm,prom and knock sencer. Oh and 350 injectors. Third gen had no 350 TBI,so a truck or caprice ecm and prom got a be used. Will the caprice and truck ecm and prom still work in a vats equipped car?
Ecm can stay the same. The prom needs to be different but still has no bearing on the vats. It's a separate module that sends a signal to the ecm. As long as the key and vehicle's original vats module isn't changed (which there is no reason to change) you'll have zero problems with vats.
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Old Aug 3, 2016 | 09:51 PM
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Re: will vats interfear 350tbi

Thank u! That answers my question. What would happen if I used that 88 TBI ecm and engine harness?I also have a harness and ecm for a 86 tpi
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Originally Posted by Bobby Suth
Thank u! That answers my question. What would happen if I used that 88 TBI ecm and engine harness?I also have a harness and ecm for a 86 tpi
Using the 88 stuff shouldn't have any affect, I don't think. Though it may need a few pins changed at the c100 or c200 but I doubt it'd be much. If you want to change to tpi you could use the 86 stuff and the same rules apply.
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