OBD2 swap in older car

[CobraCDR]

Go Taylor get a new trans in there! Make it move under it's own power!

[3100 MPFI]

In time I will kenny.

For now, I have my 1995 twin cam Cutlass Supreme to drive. I think I am going to try to finish the work on my STE. I just replaced the fual rail, injectors, and fuel pressure regulator on it, but it does not run at all now. I think I messed up the intake gaskets when I was putting it all back together. I am going to get new gaskets for it, and try it again.

My only problem with my STE is that when you are slowing down to come to a stop, it starts surging. If you hit the gas, or come to a full stop, the surging goes away. It accelerates fine, and shifts normal. There is no engine codes for any problems, it gets really good fuel economy, and has decent enough power for a stock 3.1 MPFI. It is just this minor surging that it gets when stopping.

After I fix the STE, I am going to sell it and be done with it. If I can get a good ammount of money for the STE, then I will probably get a new transmission for the gold car. Until then, I am going to just finish what I already have, and I think I am going to start over ONCE AGAIN on the gold car. This time I want to strip it down to just a shell, and fix some minor rust that it has, then do everything over from scratch, but this time the right way.

[01GPGT]

wow i just read the whole thread and wow

props to you

[3100 MPFI]

thanks

[Crazy K]

I watch when i have a chance. been quite busy and all.

so whats the final tally? the trans is definitely bad... where'd you pick it up at? how about a j/y tranny?

[3100 MPFI]

yeah. A friend that works at a tranny shop came by and checked it out. Something is deffinatly broken in there. Once I get it out of the car, I will open it up and see what happened.

[d.o.h.c]

OMG, that stinks man. Nice swap though.

M

[3100 MPFI]

it does stink, and it got me discouraged, but now I see it as a minor setback or delay.

[Sonyman]

All i gotta say is thank you for all what you've done and shared. We need guys like you to put it out there for others to follow if they comes across issues like that for reference. Trust me, all what you've done was not in vain. Thanks-a-mil plus a buck.

[3100 MPFI]

I appreciate it guys. Now, I just need to get off my lazy ass, and get a job so I can get the transmission done.

[95SleeperAcheiva]

It's all your fault man!
lol
I saw this post on a swap and decided to go for it myself. I have an experimental car to try it on first, a 92 achieva 2.3 sohc 3 speed auto, getting a 99 malibu 2.4 dohc 4 speed. Made the mounts no problem, matched most of the wires and by-passed what i could. I think i got it wired right but then it started snowing and I wasn't that hard pressed to finish.
Well, the weather has broke and I'm about to go back at it.

How's yours going?

[3100 MPFI]

It is just sitting there. I am going to do something different with it, but I need to get the money up first. I started working on my other 2 cars instead, then moved into a new house, and right when I was going to get back to working on the gold car, I bought my 1994 cutlass supreme convertible.

I still need to pick up a transmission, but I think I am going to just strip the car down to the shell, and start totally over with it. I kinda want to go in a different direction with it.

[IsaacHayes]

Been so busy I haven't chcked the thread in a while. Grab a trans and get it going!

What is the new direction you want to go in?? You gotta drive it a bit at least after all that work first! haha

[Rarestace]

i just read the whole thread and man you did a lot of work but you did a really great job with it too im sorry to hear about your trans but i cant wait to see what you do with it next again great job

[3100 MPFI]

I decided to take a break from it for a while. I wanted to fix my 1995 Cutlass Supreme, I did that and sold it. I did some work to my 1994 Cutlass Supreme convertible. That is my current daily driver.

Next, I am going to fix up my 1990 Grand Prix STE, and my 1992 Grand Prix SE (I can get them fixed sooner than I can my 198. Once I get my 2 Grand Prix's done (both need less than $500 worth of work), I will sit down and figure out what I want to do with my 1988.

I DO miss driving it, but my 1994 convertible is close (interior wise), so I am not jonesing for it like I was in the past (especially when I was driving that 1995).