1227749 Adaptation

[Bill Shaw]

Hi Scott,

Keep us posted on your progress. I'm REAL interested in your project as I
may take a similar route with mine.  I may not be much with the 749 yet,
but I do know a bit about Spiders, so yell if you need help.

Do you intend to replace the air-impeding air-door AFM?  I'm told something
from a 2L Saab may be a suitable replacement. Can you get the AFM from the
car you got the 749 from?

Set up the ignition?  Are you swapping the GM distributor in also?  Does
the 749 require this swap? I think the 2L electronic distributor and module
should be fine.  The stock Fiat ignition module is a GM HE4.

I found this in the digest, I've been saving it for my conversion:

Check any GM A car for aftermarket cruise control. Generator (VSS) is
located in
the speedo cable splice in the center of the engine compartment along the
firewall. Many 80's A cars have it. Ciera, Century, Celebrity, 6000.

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Bill Shaw
'78 FI Spider
(Will soon be) Fuel injected and stepping out over the line
http://www.connix.com/~bshaw/fiatefi.html
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>Hello, I am about to adapt a 1227749 ecm to a Fiat Spider and I had a few
>concerns to ask.  One is the Vehicle Speed Sensor, can I do without it, do I
>need to just tell the ecu it is not there, I noticed in Programmer98 there
>is a function to turn it off, is that all I need to do?  Also, should I set
>up the ignition of the fuel injection first?  Which one would be considered
>more stand alone?  One more question, would I be praying too much for the
>car to at least idle and halfway run on a stock rom file?  They are both
>2.0L, Overhead cam.   Or, am I just asking for too much?  Thanks, I have
>been a member of this list just reading for a while and I have finally built
>up the courage to go and do this.  Thanks, for all of the input.
>
>
>                           -Scott Flanagan