[Diy_efi] Introduction of a Newbie

[thecircusb0y]

I'm on wbody.com, wbody-source.com, clubgp.com, v60degree.com
I know RSM Racing makes a supercharger for the grand am 3100, but for a 
w-body i would need to alter the ECM i think.
I could also fine a 3.1 turbo in a 90 grand prix TGP, and grab parts 
from that.
For the 5spd I need to find an HM-282 transaxle as well as various parts 
with it.
But as a college student, i've got limited funds and time, my passion 
for computers is equal to my growing interest in cars. I wanna see if I 
can combine the 2, and get into the car's computer systems.
i'm not going supercharger, i'll only go turbo, I've read about both, 
and I feel the turbo is the better choice.
the 5spd could happen soon, as I see alot of cutlass owners (w-body 
also) who have done it. and SoccerplayerGTP at clubgp.com did it to his 
3.4 dohc.
I'm about to do my brake system, and then i'm ordering new dogbones from 
fastfwdperformance.com plus an underdrive pulley.
Then I'll probably hit RSM Racing for the front and rear strut bars, and 
i'm waiting for a newer version of the sway bar to come out,thats 
supposed to be better then the current addco sway bar. With in the next 
week I'm relocating the battery to the trunk, to have more room for a 
cold air intake, a future turbo, and a soon to come 1000 watt invertor 
(we have power outages around here, and when you have flooding, you 
gotta run the sump pumps off something otherwise our basement will be in 
over a ft of water. GOD I LOVE NEW YORK STATE!!! (sarcasm)
Anyways, I guess the main thing I'd like to know right now is what do I 
need to get my laptop conencted to the car and dive into programming.

Jim Butterfield wrote:

> Hi Chris, I have a 94 grand am, that had the 3100 engine. After 
> finding out the previous owner drove quite a while with bloan intake 
> gaskets and now taking out the bottom end, I opted as hinted at of the 
> L67 conversion. Ihave one of the few GA's with this conversion. You do 
> have some choices in HP parts fo rthe 3100... I suggest you look 
> towards the grandam.com v60degree.com groups... they deal in this for 
> the grand am, cavilers and most of GMs smaller cars with the ever 
> popular 3100/3400 engine package... there are turbo and SC kits 
> available for this engine... Ill see if I can dig some up for you..
>  
> jim
>
> */thecircusb0y <thecircusb0y at gmail.com>/* wrote:
>
>     Whats shaken?
>     My names Chris, and I came across this mailing list while looking
>     for ways to tune my car. I own a 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix, with a V6
>     3100. I'm currently at a community college getting a Computer Systems
>     and Networking degree, took me awhile to finally decide on computer
>     science for when I transfer out of this town, and somewhere here
>     in New
>     York State.
>     I've been looking and have found alot of sites, but I'm still
>     reading more. What I'd like to do, but I'm not sure if I can, is
>     interface my laptop with the car, and tune it from there. I'd also
>     like
>     to learn what I would need to reprogram the cars ECM to handle a
>     HM-282
>     trans axle and possibly a turbo later on down the line. Though
>     I'll need
>     to know what language they use to program these bad boys, and what
>     equipment I need to read and write to them. So far all the sites I
>     find
>     are for LS1's and all the sports cars of GM. Sometimes I wonder if
>     it'd
>     be easier to goto OBD-II, but i know that would be a pain in the ass,
>     and would probably be easier to do an l67 swap into the car, but I
>     want
>     to stick to my v6 3100 and be the underdog that believes this
>     engine can
>     not only be a reliable daily drive, but a powerhouse on the track.
>     I was hoping that if I spoke to human beings someone could set me
>     straight and help me out in understanding all of this, I'm pretty die
>     hard in learning to do it yourself. I hope I can contribute
>     anything I
>     know to this mailing list also. Thanks alot for takin the time to
>     read
>     this and i'm hopin for some replies.
>
>     -Christopher Barnum
>
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