Chip for Northstar

Chris Moore northstar87 at hotmail.com
Mon Mar 29 13:28:26 GMT 1999


Hi,
   I did hook up the brake module which is the traction control and the 
abs control computer.  I do not have any wheel inputs though.  How can I 
get this to work?  Explain more about the GM CAL Docs.  Thanks.

Chris Moore


>From: "David A. Cooley" <n5xmt at bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
>To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: Chip for Northstar
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 07:54:53 -0500
>
>At 04:06 AM 3/29/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hi,
>>   I have a very unique car.  I have a 1987 Fiero GT with a 1995 
>>Cadillac Northstar.  It runs great but it will not peel out.  I only 
>>know of about 5 of these projects in the Nation and they all have this 
>>problem.  My engine only has 16,000 miles on it. (just for you info).  
I 
>>think that it is the Torque Management located in the PROM.  Torque 
>>Management was to make sure you do not peel out under a heavy load 
>>situation.  It kills injectors and plays with the timing.  It is all 
>>explained in the GM manual.  I had Super Chip try to make a chip for 
me 
>>and they said that they could take care of the problem.  It still did 
>>not fix it.  I was wondering if you guys could help me out?  Please 
let 
>>me know.  Thank you.
>
>Chris,
>Did you transplant the ABS and Traction control as well?
>If not, that may be the problem... The Caddy PCM looks for input from 
the
>ABS and TC modules... If it doesn't see it, and the chip still thinks 
the
>modules are there it will severely torque limit thinking there is a 
problem
>that could cause loss of control.
>You need to find someone with the GM Cal Docs that can disable the 
ABS/TC
>parameters.
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