[Gmecm] Newbie here.

[Dan Barcroft]

You could try using a DUI dist with the newer non-advance parts in it...
http://www.performancedistributors.com/toyotadui.htm
...but that isn't a cheap solution.

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Dan Barcroft
triaged at gmail.com

-----Original Message-----
> From: gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org [mailto:gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org] On
> Behalf
> Of junkie4 at earthlink.net
> Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 5:56 AM
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> Subject: [Gmecm] Newbie here.
>
> Hi all,
>
> I accidently posted this in the DIY EFI list yesterday, I meant to post it
> here, so here it is today, with a few points I left out yesterday.
>
>
> First time poster here.  I'm trying to put TBI on a Toyota inline 6
> engine,
> and
> I have acquired some parts already I have a 1227747 the original harness
> from a
> Chevy k1500, a Throttle body(4.3), and tons of reading material. I'm
> constructing an interface, and have the software to log and make edit
> bins,
> and access to a burner.  I just noticed that
> the TPS  on the Throttle body I have is of the older type plug(looks like
> the MAP
> sensor plug), and the harness has the newer roundish plug.  Is my best
> course of
> action here to buy a newer sensor(will it fit?), or to find a pigtail and
> solder it onto the harness?
> I'd also like to ask how to understand the bin listings you have on the
> FTP
> site.
> I don't quite understand what listings are for what engines, and what
> options.
>
> If anyone has any information on how to interface the distributor(points)
> off my I-6 engine
> to the ECM, I'd love to read that as well.  That's the area I am weakest
> in
> my understanding.
> I don't see how the GM distributors actually change the position of the
> rotor to
> change the timing.  I suppose they could NOT change the position and just
> let the
> spark jump, but that seems wasteful.  I don't understand what the 4 wires
> leading
> from the distributor actually tell the ECM. (When to fire and when to
> inject
> is
> obvious, but that would seem only like 2 wires.)   Trying to understand
> what
> all
> is going on.
>
>
> Thanks
> Dave
>
>
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