[Diy_efi] 1984 Corvette ECM

bcroe at juno.com bcroe at juno.com
Thu Aug 29 02:51:18 GMT 2002


I have seen starter transients blow electronics more than 
once.  Maybe something about your conversion makes it 
more vulnerable.  At least check out your grounding scheme, 
maybe some transient absorbers are in order.

Bruce Roe

On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 23:54:59 -0700 "Chuck Kahler" 
<ckahler at att.net> writes:
> I installed an 1984 Corvette engine and 700R4 trans in a 
> small British sports car.  I used the complete TBI setup.  It 
> worked great till I was charging the battery the other day 
> and started the car with the charger on.  It started as 
> normal, but after a few seconds, it stalled.  Which was
> strange since it never did that before. 
>  When trying to restart, I notice no spray from the injectors.  
> After extensive testing, it was determined a couple of the 
> transistors in the ECM were fried.  One was on the power 
> supply side and the other was a small one in the 
> main board of the computer.

> Chuck

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