Northstar equipment

[Pete Datcuk]

  From talking to people that have done the swaps, the computers to use are
'93-'94.  They apparently don't miss the other black boxes.  I have the
service manuals for the '95 Caddys, and the boxes use a single wire UART
line between them all.  And from what I have read in the manuals, nothing
good will happen if a box is missing.  And on top of that, the instrument
panel is the network controller, not the PCM.

Pete Datcuk
Mechanical Engineer
Sewell, NJ
'87 Fiero, some day to be Northstar'ed :-)
Quite a few credits away from that cone shaped hat....


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
> [mailto:owner-diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of Jennifer
> and Brock Fraser
> Sent: Saturday, June 29, 1996 11:25 PM
> To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
> Subject: Northstar equipment
><snip>
> I know that the Northstar engine ECM is networked with the other on-board
> controllers.  Does anybody know if the engine controller will
> function as a
> "lone box" without it's other box-friends to "talk to"?  In what control
> trim (spark, fuel systems) are people using these engines?
>
> Thanks,
> Brock
>