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I have been reading over the threads in this section and have decided this board is an appropriate one to bring my project to considering the vast knowledge of the board members on obd 1 tuning. I'll start off by introducing myself and my car. My name is Max, and I live in the Buffalo region of Western New York. My car is a 93 Firebird with the 3.4 v6. Some of you may know that the PCM that came in these cars were sort of a mix between obd1 and obd 2 (from 93-95) and there is little to no tuning available since it is a "flash only" PCM and noone really wants to hack it. Aside from using a stand alone system that is like Megasquirt which I think can get a bit too involved. A fellow from South Florida ( I think he is a member on this board but i'm not sure) has created a tuning solution for me. He's taken a PCM from a 91 Lumina (7727 IIRC) and repinned it so that it will plug into my current PCM harness and run the car as is. The only difference is that now i can tune it because the 7727 pcm has the removable prom chip that can be tuned.
I'm not just tuning for no reason. In fact, as of right now my car won't even drive. I've got many things done to the car. Practically all bolt ons imaginable plus P&P head work and a ridiculously radical custom camshaft from Comp. Add in bigger injectors (19lb as opposed to the stock 17) and you can start to see why my PCM is NOT happy right now. The car will fire right up and idle but it will stall out if i try to drive. The vacuum is so low right now that the MAP sensor is throwing a code even though it is working perfectly fine. I digress...
I'm relatively new (actually completely new) to tuning, though i've been reading up on this site and others. I went ahead and bought all the equipment i will need for tuning/datalogging such as the burn 2, usb datalogging cable etc. I will be data logging with tuner pro rt and burning with moates "flash and burn" software. The only thing i will need help on ( i hope ) will be my tables. This is where you guys come in. If i datalog and put up some info, i'm hoping you will all be willing to help me with my project, or at least give me advice and push me in the right direction. Not MANY people have done this exact pcm swap with this particular car AFAIK but i've been reading up on tuning with chips and it doesn't look TOO hard.
So can i count on you guys to help me out?
Here's some pics to wrap up my first post.
the car:
the engine:
the tuning equipment:
the radical camshaft:
i forgot to mention we are using the $a1 .bin, though i have been told that $8d would have been the ideal way to go because it's a "performance tune" but i don't know why it would be better if we are modifying the .bin anyways.
I have been reading over the threads in this section and have decided this board is an appropriate one to bring my project to considering the vast knowledge of the board members on obd 1 tuning. I'll start off by introducing myself and my car. My name is Max, and I live in the Buffalo region of Western New York. My car is a 93 Firebird with the 3.4 v6. Some of you may know that the PCM that came in these cars were sort of a mix between obd1 and obd 2 (from 93-95) and there is little to no tuning available since it is a "flash only" PCM and noone really wants to hack it. Aside from using a stand alone system that is like Megasquirt which I think can get a bit too involved. A fellow from South Florida ( I think he is a member on this board but i'm not sure) has created a tuning solution for me. He's taken a PCM from a 91 Lumina (7727 IIRC) and repinned it so that it will plug into my current PCM harness and run the car as is. The only difference is that now i can tune it because the 7727 pcm has the removable prom chip that can be tuned.
I'm not just tuning for no reason. In fact, as of right now my car won't even drive. I've got many things done to the car. Practically all bolt ons imaginable plus P&P head work and a ridiculously radical custom camshaft from Comp. Add in bigger injectors (19lb as opposed to the stock 17) and you can start to see why my PCM is NOT happy right now. The car will fire right up and idle but it will stall out if i try to drive. The vacuum is so low right now that the MAP sensor is throwing a code even though it is working perfectly fine. I digress...
I'm relatively new (actually completely new) to tuning, though i've been reading up on this site and others. I went ahead and bought all the equipment i will need for tuning/datalogging such as the burn 2, usb datalogging cable etc. I will be data logging with tuner pro rt and burning with moates "flash and burn" software. The only thing i will need help on ( i hope ) will be my tables. This is where you guys come in. If i datalog and put up some info, i'm hoping you will all be willing to help me with my project, or at least give me advice and push me in the right direction. Not MANY people have done this exact pcm swap with this particular car AFAIK but i've been reading up on tuning with chips and it doesn't look TOO hard.
So can i count on you guys to help me out?
Here's some pics to wrap up my first post.
the car:
the engine:
the tuning equipment:
the radical camshaft:
i forgot to mention we are using the $a1 .bin, though i have been told that $8d would have been the ideal way to go because it's a "performance tune" but i don't know why it would be better if we are modifying the .bin anyways.
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