Hi and thanks ahead of time on this but I am new to the tpi stuff,lol.
I am putting a TPI set up on my monte ss in a few months and I have been getting things here and there. I have a 88 trans am tpi (intake, plenium, rails, runners, and 305 injectors) and I just bought a 85 air intake that has the maf sensor on it. If the sensor is good, can I use it on this set up? I still have to get the wiring harness and ecm in the future and I would like to use this sensor but I have heard about the 85 ecm's and I wondered if it would work ok with a 89 ecm because I am looking at blocking off the 9th injector. Also I have a set of 081 heads that I was thinking of putting on the 305 ho ss motor to match the tpi set up, would they actually flow better than the stock heads I have now? I am going to switch out the motor to a 350 early next year and I am going to run the tpi to see how it runs before i decide which way to go with the motor build. I read that most of the later ss motor had center bolt valve covers but mine is perimeter for some reason,lol.

 

To be perfectly honest bro i would ditch the MAF and since you have not bought a harness or ECU yet,get speed density!!!!

 

Is there much to changing over to sd with the tpi I have? I read that sd was not as forgiving to changes in motor upgrades but I have seen more and more people changing over to sd. I am going to look to see if there is a write up on here or if someone could point me in the right direction,lol. I guess everyone has their preference on which way to go but sd sounded a lot easier to maintain but I wasn't sure that if I wanted to go 300 hp and over if it would be a problem.

 

stick with MAF. unless you only want SD to run one of those goofy air cleaners right off the TB.

 

Haha, that was the reason, but I have bought the air intake and it has the maf but I know that the 85's were a problem but I didn't know if the maf was the problem or the ecm. Here is the air intake I bought
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...227524012&rd=1

 

my 85 has never gave me a problem? up until last week when i aquired a SERIOUS knock in the bottom end. but the MAF setup IMO is better for guys like me who arnt tunning wizards. but im sure someone will jump in and tell me how wrong i am. but this is just my

 

Sorry to hear about the knock, doesn't sound good. I am not into tuning either that is why I have been doing a lot of reading on the subject and with all the cheap gas now days,lol.

 

The 1985 TPI MAF is a one-off item. It is a low frequency range, FM type MAF, and 1985 is the only year it applies. 1986-89 used an analog MAF, and the two types are incompatible.

 

How about a 85 wiring harness, will it work on 86 and up set up?

 

Nevermind,lol found a good deal on here with everything, from a 86 trans am just waiting on the funds to clear,grrrr, tick tock,lol