61 Corvette TPI Conversion

[Dan Plaskett]

Joe,

What a fantastic site.  You really did it right.  How is she running now?
Do you plan on going to Bowling Green in September?  I'd love to see your
car.  If you don't mind I'd like to keep in touch and pick your brain and
your experience in my conversion.  I'm not going to be quite as ambitious as
you were with the suspension and chassis modification but after I get the
TPI installed I would like to upgrade the brakes and steering components.
I've seen some conversions to add power steering and disc brakes.  Did you
get your VATS problem solved?  That's one thing I didn't even think of.  I'm
not sure I'll have that problem since my computer and harness came out of an
88 Cutlass.  Thanks for sharing your wonderful site.

Dan Plaskett
61 Red Vette soon to be TPI
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Gervais <gervais at rtrman.engr.sgi.com>
To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 1:59 AM
Subject: Re: 61 Corvette TPI Conversion


>On May 30, 10:58pm, Dan Plaskett wrote:
>> Subject: 61 Corvette TPI Conversion
>
>> I spent the day at the junk yard and got an entire wiring harness out of
a
>> 88 Cutlass and a ecm 1227727 for $10.48.  I am now about ready to start
>> converting my 61 Corvette to a TPI.  I still need a knock sensor, and I'm
>> not sure what to do about the throttle position sensor, etc.  What do I
need
>> to hook up so that this thing will run in a closed loop?  Everything, or
are
>> there sensors that I can do without?
>
>Dan,
>
>Glad to see someone else bringing modern fuel injection to a '61. I swapped
>most of a '93 Vette under my '61. Paul Newman did my chassis, and it's
orders
>of magnitude better than what Chevy designed back in '53. I've got a pretty
>comprehensive web site you'll want to take a look at -
>
> http://reality.sgi.com/gervais/bodyoff.html
>
>If you haven't already, get a helm manual for the donor platform. You'll
want
>to make sure your sensors are matched to the '727 ECM you're running. Some
>folks doing LT1/LT4 swaps have run into issues because the early LT1s used
a
>different impedance knock sensor than the later LT1s. Don't know if TPI has
>similar issues, but I wouldn't doubt it.
>
>Dal Slabough at Lambert Pontiac Buick (800) 711-2793 is a great source for
>parts. He sells any GM part and Helm manuals at 5-10% over cost.
>
>Good Luck.
>
>Joe
>
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