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Old Sep 25, 2017 | 08:27 PM
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Where did you guys mount your ecm's? I probably would have to move mine & the fuseblock inside somewhere
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Old Sep 26, 2017 | 01:24 PM
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Re: ecm mounting

i was curious about this also, the trucks have them under the hood... i don't want to add any wiring to mine, i may mount it on the driver side just behind the headlight area, the cold air intake will be above it in that area.
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Old Sep 26, 2017 | 09:09 PM
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Re: ecm mounting

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i was curious about this also, the trucks have them under the hood... i don't want to add any wiring to mine, i may mount it on the driver side just behind the headlight area, the cold air intake will be above it in that area.

I did not want to add to mines either... I will try and mount it in the engine area also. Probably the space you indicated... I should be finished my harness this week... Hopefully everything installed/running by Thanksgiving...
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Old Oct 9, 2017 | 01:02 PM
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Re: ecm mounting

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i was curious about this also, the trucks have them under the hood... i don't want to add any wiring to mine, i may mount it on the driver side just behind the headlight area, the cold air intake will be above it in that area.
This is what I was thinking too. Air intake mounted directly over the pcm. Has anyone done this and have pics? I'm not sure if the wires will reach without adding.
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Old Oct 21, 2017 | 12:12 PM
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Re: ecm mounting

Originally Posted by 86iroc504
Where did you guys mount your ecm's? I probably would have to move mine & the fuseblock inside somewhere
PCM goes in the stock location. You can either got the stock route behind the fender or cut a hole under the HVAC box

Either reuse the factory fuseblock under the dash for EFI cars or build a small engine only fuseblock to mount under the hood for carb cars. No sense in making things overly complex
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