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Forum: DIY PROM
11-25-2023, 10:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 288
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: runing 2 bar map sensor on 1227747 ecm

'7747 is engine only, no transmission control, other than torque converter lock up.
Forum: DIY PROM
10-24-2023, 04:56 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 288
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: runing 2 bar map sensor on 1227747 ecm

Not possible, at least not without rewriting the assembly code for the ECM.

Better off, as stated above, starting with an ECM and mask that supports boost already. The problem will be that there...
Forum: V6
04-03-2023, 11:24 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 583
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 3.1 fuel return line question

Sounds like you're describing the fuel damper, which is in the feed line...

Post a picture so that we can see exactly what it is you're asking about.
Forum: V6
03-30-2023, 12:22 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 539
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Fuel pump wiring help please

The sending unit won't keep the pump from running, it's in parallel with the relay.

If you can feed power in the test lead and get the pump on, then you will need to look at the power feed to the...
Forum: V6
03-30-2023, 12:24 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 539
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Fuel pump wiring help please

Sounds like there is a break in the wire between the relay and the fuel pump.

Test with continuity on a DMM between the relay output and the fuel pump wire at the tank. Keep in mind that even if...
Forum: V6
03-01-2023, 12:46 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,566
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Completely upgrading to a modern EFI system!

I'm not trying to pick a fight with anyone, I am laying out the facts that you are choosing to ignore. I've been down this road many times, both myself and when trying to guide others.

I can...
Forum: V6
02-28-2023, 10:43 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,566
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Completely upgrading to a modern EFI system!

I understood exactly what was described by your earlier post and that will NOT work, it WILL destroy the ICM, if you use it to feed the ICM, this outside of what the 6EFI was intended for.

The...
Forum: V6
02-28-2023, 12:29 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,566
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Completely upgrading to a modern EFI system!

Huh? The signal to the ICM IS a ground signal....

You don't need the 6EFI, and feeding that signal into the ICM will destroy it, and won't give you multiple spark (The ICM will either filter out...
Forum: V6
02-25-2023, 10:34 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,566
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Completely upgrading to a modern EFI system!

When I say "EZ-EFI", that includes 2.0.

The one I have IS a 2.0. The ONLY difference between .0 and 2. is timing control, which again, is EXTREMELY basic, being only 3 points on a "timing curve"....
Forum: V6
02-16-2023, 10:11 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,566
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Completely upgrading to a modern EFI system!

Forget about the EZ-EFI. I had one for a while, though mine had the throttle body, but the ECUs are the same.

Never worked worked correctly while I had it. It was actually loaned to me to try and...
Forum: DIY PROM
04-11-2022, 10:51 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 441
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Routing Wideband Data Cable Through Firewall

You can get large OD with small ID grommets for just such an occurrence, or hole plugs where you can cut your own hole into, for future reference
Forum: DIY PROM
04-11-2022, 10:48 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 866
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Can't Get TurnerPro To Read ECM

Hardware detection, or that "Hardware not found" message is for real time emulation devices, such as the Ostrich or AutoProm. You will NEVER get a "Hardware Found" message for datalogging only (ALDL...
Forum: V6
10-03-2021, 09:42 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 799
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 3.4/3400 hybrid timing issues

I'm going to make a suggestion that will at least allow the engine to start and run, but you may need to flip back to what you're using in the long run due to actual vehicle setup.

Anyway, grab a...
Forum: V6
09-19-2021, 03:54 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 799
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 3.4/3400 hybrid timing issues

There might be a more defined XDF as well. I know Robert Saar was trying to make very complete XDFs for a while. Check on gearhead-efi.com.
Forum: V6
09-14-2021, 07:12 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 799
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 3.4/3400 hybrid timing issues

That's the mask, you can't use an XDF for a different mask for your BIN, you'll get jumbled data at best.

Stick with the XDF you have and change the parameters with those names.
Forum: DIY PROM
08-23-2021, 05:34 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,308
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: HELP - No one can get my Moates Xtreme ALDL Connected to ECU - Pics of Everythin

Hardware detection is only for emulation devices, not for datalogging devices.
Forum: DIY PROM
08-22-2021, 08:12 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,308
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: HELP - No one can get my Moates Xtreme ALDL Connected to ECU - Pics of Everythin

Have you tried a different ADX? I'm not sure that I've had much luck with the ADX you're using there?

Can you connect if you put the OEM MEMCAL back in place?

Also try setting com port to port...
Forum: DFI and ECM
07-27-2021, 10:20 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 474
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: L98 tuning in southern Ontario

There's some distance between us.. I'm in Brantford, the other side of Hamilton.

Yeah, I don't know of anyone, even in the GTA that touches OBD1 GM tuning anymore.

How much of a hurry are you...
Forum: DFI and ECM
07-27-2021, 09:56 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 474
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: L98 tuning in southern Ontario

Where abouts in Ontario. I do some tuning for people now and then, including the OBD1 GM ECUs, which most people avoid like the plaugue, for some reason.
Forum: V6
03-23-2021, 09:38 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,805
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: New here. Looking for V6 Advice

Bypass or fuel pump prime wire? Those two very different things, and you DEFINITELY don't want to inject 12V into the bypass wire.

To answer your other questions though, I've used 18 AWG for this,...
Forum: V6
01-16-2021, 11:36 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 9,460
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: My 3.4/3x00 hybrid build.

Yes, you should be able to shine a light into those holes and/or use some sort of rod/poker and/or use pressurized air to see that they go to the oil galleys. IIRC the two small ones go to the mains,...
Forum: V6
01-10-2021, 04:42 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 849
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 91 V6 runs for 2 seconds and cuts out

base pressure should be 44.5 PSIG, that's fuel pump on, engine not running.

While running, fuel pressure should drop in proportion to vacuum. Typically though at idle you should see down to about...
Forum: V6
01-09-2021, 07:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 310
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: TPS adjustment?

That's definitely an issue, however, did you connect the ground for your DMM to the TPS ground? Sensor ground may not be at the same potential as chassis/engine ground. TPS voltage should be between...
Forum: V6
12-17-2020, 05:11 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 418
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Turbo hybrid injectors

Literally any EV1 injector will work.
Forum: V6
01-01-2020, 07:00 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

Good for you, but I like to put an end to BS information before it gains any traction, and that's why I am replying to what you said (clutch manufacturers recommending using 3rd gear), it's not...
Forum: V6
12-31-2019, 12:42 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

I've looked on the Ram Clutches website and any mention of chassis dyno there seems to be no mention of using 3rd gear for pulls, just that a chassis dyno will cause one of the highest loads on the...
Forum: V6
12-30-2019, 10:26 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

I've never heard of anyone using other than the 1:1 gear or as close to with any transmission, especially since using a lower gear is going to multiply torque which will skew numbers, increasing them...
Forum: V6
12-26-2019, 12:08 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

Wait... I see how you're getting such high dyno numbers... you're doing pulls in 3rd gear... Try using 4th, which is almost 1:1 (0.94 for the HM282, which is what I assume you're using, I didn't see...
Forum: V6
12-25-2019, 11:55 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

HAHAHAHAHAHA

You think I'm talking about bench flow numbers only... AND are you ACTUALLY suggesting that the actual flow through a head has no bearing on what an engine can produce? HAHAHAHAHAHA
...
Forum: V6
12-23-2019, 07:25 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

You're doing something very wrong if you're breaking parts with an iron head 60 degree V6. People with a LOT more (known and proven) power with similar and same drivelines in FWD cars and Fieros are...
Forum: DIY PROM
12-23-2019, 12:09 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 3,984
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: S_AUJP Version 6 Released

Neat...

I may have to update a V6 car I used V5 on...
Forum: V6
12-14-2019, 01:03 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

I agree with Fasteddi...

Take it to a drag strip and post the time. It's a 1320 foot long dyno that doesn't lie.

I've seen dyno charts manipulated to be anywhere from about 200 HP to about 1500...
Forum: V6
12-02-2019, 08:04 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,858
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 250WHP NA Iron Head

I think your dyno is a bit optimistic...

There have been many, many NA iron head builds and most BARELY crest 200 HP, and they have a LOT more done to them than what you list here, though your...
Forum: DFI and ECM
10-18-2019, 10:55 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,313
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Ostrich 1.0 battery died

You can order any machine pin 28 pin DIP socket, or get one locally from just about any electronics store.

Also, for now you can remove the DIP socket and install the ribbon cable directly in the...
Forum: V6
10-01-2019, 06:18 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 9,441
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Wrong reading of the coolant temp

Knowing that app is important. Possibly ALDLDroid?

If it is ALDLDroid, it's EXTREMELY possible that the formula entered for the CTS is wrong, or the ADX you are using is not correct for your...
Forum: V6
09-30-2019, 05:13 PM
Replies: 27
Views: 9,441
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Wrong reading of the coolant temp

No one has asked the important question yet...

What are you using to read the data from the ECM?
Forum: V6
09-14-2019, 11:33 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 387
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: oil pan question

S10 pans are different, and will not clear your crossmember.

No you don't have to remove the trans, but the engine does need to be lifted usually to get the pan out.
Forum: V6
09-05-2019, 09:29 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 5,664
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 3.1 Timing Chain

Start a new thread. Or just search through old posts and read what people have to say.

Please don't pull up threads that are 18 years dead.
Forum: V6
09-03-2019, 10:06 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,461
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: DIS 3.1 V6 Idle Tuning

Not having the knock sensor connected can retard timing without any knock actually happening.

So get that connected and that should solve your issue of the engine not wanting to run.
Forum: V6
07-31-2019, 10:23 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,805
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: New here. Looking for V6 Advice

It may not be coolant in the oil guys. It could simply be condensation. People forget that condensation is a thing, and if this was stored in a humid or environment where there are drastic...
Forum: V6
07-30-2019, 11:11 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 4,805
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: New here. Looking for V6 Advice

There should be a fuel pump prime connector under the hood, usually it is located either at the right or left rear of the engine bay, taped to the harness. It will be a red or grey wire, to a plastic...
Forum: V6
07-26-2019, 09:41 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,963
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: 2.8 MPI Camaro engine bolts

Most can be replaced using hardware store (or bolt fastener store) sourced bolts.

Only a few that come to mind that you will likely need to hit up a wrecking yard for, and those are some of the...
Forum: DIY PROM
06-20-2019, 08:38 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 4,162
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Cheap Remote PROM solution

That Chip Extender has virtually zero issues with EMI, except around very, very strong signals. Those chips on a PCB are signal amplifiers, which combat any interference.
Forum: DIY PROM
05-04-2019, 11:26 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,178
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Converting '165 to MAP using $12p

Using $12P, the high speed datalink is rock solid. The issue there is the coding, not the ECM. IIRC there was some hack that the coders used to get a higher data rate than 8192, or just doubled up on...
Forum: DIY PROM
05-03-2019, 07:39 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,178
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Converting '165 to MAP using $12p

Tuning each one would be about the same, especially for someone with an emulator, which anyone that is into tuning GM ECMs should have anyway.

If you don't want to use $12p, that's fine, but...
Forum: DIY PROM
04-30-2019, 09:16 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 2,178
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Converting '165 to MAP using $12p

This is still a quick setup, converts to speed density, using all OEM parts, inexpensive and works quite well, and is also a proven swap.

"Better" is subjective.

Also the EBL would require the...
Forum: V6
04-21-2019, 10:14 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 35,739
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: The arguement for Aluminum Heads on the 3.4

I really need to make up the in depth visual guide I've been meaning to.

On a 3.4 block you can use 3400 or 3500 top end, however the 3500 top end needs to be from an LX9.

There are two...
Forum: V6
04-19-2019, 12:48 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 835
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: Help me build my 3.4...

Honestly, from what you said, just refresh the engine, and add a small cam a Comp cams or similar 260 would be good for what you plan to do. Any larger and it will be wasted with the iron heads. Any...
Forum: V6
04-06-2019, 02:38 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 821
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: V6 Facebook group

Is this because the group that was going has been, for some reason, archived? https://www.facebook.com/groups/255995907906337/?ref=search

There are also a few other groups that are similar
Forum: DIY PROM
03-31-2019, 02:20 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,457
Posted By Six_Shooter

Re: EPROM Memcal Replacement Question

To answer your original question directly, yes you can solder the EEPROM directly to the MEMCAL, and then you would use an HDR1 to program the EEPROM. I've done this a few times.
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