buick 350

[George M. Dailey]

What's up Fred? Concerning EFI harnesses, it's much neater to custom fab
your own and IMHP, it's eaiser! 

That '88 Buick will have a 350 or 305, same as the trucks and TBI camaros,
firebirds, etc. The early 350 buicks are different alltogether (distributer
is in the front for one). The hei electronics are very simular (same), some
had 4 terminal modules others had 7 term modules. If you can grab the wagon,
do it. It's got the 700r tranny also. You've got good luck with these things
Fred, they will probably pay you several hundred dollars to junk it along
with the boxes of $100 bills sitting on it!

In all honesty, the Holley would be the quicker more adjustable system of
the two. But keep in mind that the beauty of the GM system is it's self
learning/adjusting ability.

A good analagy would be comparing an early Commodore computer to the HAL
9000 Master Computer featured on Space Odossy 2001.

PS, you can still send me the $900...even if you don't like the signature
series ECM's

GMD

At 12:12 PM 5/11/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hey George!
>
>> I disagree Fred. The OEM system is superior to the aftermarket units when
>> used for stock daily driven engine.
>
>Different views for different people my friend... I agree for a stock daily 
>driver, there is no substitute.  My original message had that disclaimer in 
>it I believe... if not I'd be suprised since I'm Mr. Clarifier here <G>.
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>> '88 up truck or car (GM) Check the archives for complete details! Salvage
>> yard cost for all these goodies should be less than $350. Use your
>
>I'm lazy, I'd get take the whole car and steal yet another wiring harness. 
> In fact, there is a 1988 Buick 8cy station wagon sitting in my townhouse 
>parking lot with 4 flat tires, and enough boxes it in to start a shipping 
>company.  I left a note on the window "I want your car".
>
>Why?  After I saw your post that you think the Buick 350 is a Chevy 350, 
>I'm hoping that whatever is inside this car is from the same school of 
>thought.  If not, that's okay, 8 cyl is 8 cyl :)  Jsut an idea, and its 
>only a note, so I'm not committed.  Gotta love Bridgeport.
>
>> and it's tested on several million GM cars and trucks. You simply cannot
>> beat it for a stock vehicle.
>
>No argument here.  None whatsoever.
>
>> If you like fancy logos and neon colored heat sinks, send me $900.00 (or
>> more) plus a GM ECM and I will make it a GMD signature series, blue-
>> printed,
>> extremely heavy duty, high-performance, Electronic Controll Module
>> guarenteed to meet or EXCEED GM's standard ECMs ;}
>
>Well, not into the signature series idea, however how about twin turbos? 
><smile>
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>Last clarifier -
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>I suggested to that gent about the Holley Projection System simply because 
>I didn't have the knowledge base to say if his older Buick 350 was Chevy 
>350 compatible, and if the parts would go over without any effort.  There 
>are some advantages of taking a carb off and shoving on a new carb with a 
>few extra wires and a black box - its a easy, effortless job.  Charge it to 
>your Amex, bolt it on.  After seeing some of the folks on this list admire 
>the Holley unit as well as the limited experience I've had with it, its a 
>neat upgrade, and that was the basis of my suggestion.
>
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>Frederic Breitwieser
>Homebrew Automotive Mailing List
>Website: http://members.aol.com/fjb203/index.htm
>Email: frederic.breitwieser at mcione.com & FJB203 at aol.com
>Bridgeport, Connecticut
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George M. Dailey
gmd at tecinfo.com