Any drawbacks to putting a Hypertech power chip in a 1985 T/A with a 5L TPI motor?? Just checking before I decide if I want to do this or not!

 

How much you payin' for it? Seems to me, the money would be better spent getting the stuff to do your own tuning. There is a whole forum here for just suck a purpose.

 

Over a Hypertech I’d say do the 870 to 165 ecm conversion.

 

The only drawback to a Hypertech chip would be having too high of expectations on the benefits.

 

If your wanting a copy of the 5.0l automatic Hypertech send me a pm.
Or if you have any 2732 proms you can burn a copy from here.
http://www.gearhead-efi.com/Fuel-Inj...hlight=1226870
It doesn’t state if it’s a 1553322 or 1553321

 

You could ask this seller if this is for a computer controlled carb or tpi.
https://m.ebay.com/itm/HYPERTECH-Hyp...gAAOSw2s1Uzkly

 

I am new to all this ecm stuff. My other ride is a 67 GTO, all matching numbers....so much easier to work on! I am open to suggestions, as I have no preconceived notions. What does the ecm trade do, and, how difficult is it to do?

 

Faster baud rate, better tunes available
http://f-body383.tripod.com/AAB/870-...pRepinning.htm
https://www.eecis.udel.edu/~davis/z28/ecm_swap_730/

 

Just remember that at the end of the day, it's still just air, fuel and spark/timing. Same as carbs. I'm no expert, but I know EFI better than carbs. I'd love to learn how to tune a carburetor though!