Can you name this tune?

[Mark Romans]

TPIS puts happy faces on their proms and paints them gold.  I bought a TPIS
level 2 chip.  Word of caution.  Unless it's an early chip, the glue the lid
on with silicone and cut pin 28 so you can't read the chip.
I read it anyway.  I WIN!
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Marc Randolph <mrand at pobox.com>
To: gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu <gmecm at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Cc: shannen at grolen.com <shannen at grolen.com>
Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: Can you name this tune?


>
>> Hi, All.
>> Ran into an aftermarket chip today, I'm curious as to the tuner.
>> Vehicle is a 91 Vette w/6spd, 727 ecm.
>> Various stickers on the memcal, normally blue cover is painted gold.
>> Happy face sticker over the eprom window.
>> Sticker on the side reads
>> 400-218 BRAIN
>> 91Y-6M-345
>> LEVEL II F 380
>>
>> There are two stickers on the bottom which read
>> F380    90-1-W
>>
>> Any ideas?
>> Shannen
>
>
>Shannen,
>
>   I was reading through a back issue of Corvette Fever, dated
>June 1998, and happened upon an article about an 87 Corvette with
>tons of mods that runs 10.72 @ 132 mph w/1.41 60' times.  The car
>is a naturally-aspirated 421 cu in with .714 lift and supposedly
>630 HP.
>   That's what the article is mostly about, but right in the
>middle of the text is the following: "What started out as a peek
>into fuel injection has morphed into a business of providing
>consultation and custom programming to elite engine builders and
>Corvette specialty shops all over the world.  [...]  If you
>don't know Jim Formato and your PROM has a happy face maybe your
>car knows him!"
>   So, I did a metacrawler search on Formato, and discovered he
>runs TPI Performance Consultants in Tampa, FL, and that he won
>at least two of the Vette-vs-Viper shootouts with the above mentioned
>car.
>
>   Have fun,
>
>   Marc
>
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