scanmaster

[buickpower]

will the scanmaster work with the 84-85 ecm?

 

[1QUICK85]

No, but Turbolink does..(and I am sure direct scan, is it, will work too?)......a little expensive cause ya need a labtop.
HTH Nick

 

[buickpower]

thanks

ok, thanks

 

[1QUICK85]

You can switch to the 86/87 ECM's. And use a custom burnt chip instead of changing all the sensor stuff. And then run a scanmaster. The ECM is 69 bucks shipped and a custom burnt chip is anywhere from 60 to 70 bucks shipped! HTH Nick

 

[buickpower]

cool

cool, thanks. Who burns chips for these cars?

 

[buickpower]

almost forgot

does the scanmaster have its own digital display? is it very big?

 

[1QUICK85]

http://turbotweak.com/

Dont forget you will need the new ECM too...but it just plugs right in!! Easy!!

The scanmaster........I have never seen on in person.......but I believe it is about the size of a radar detector....a little bigger maybe..........
Here is a link to a picture and description.......just click on the little picture of the scanmaster!!

http://ramchargers.com/cgi-bin/ncom...rfnbr=25793&cgmenbr=541&cat1=25468&cat2=25792

HTH.....Nick

 

[1QUICK85]

How close are you to getting it running? I got mine going but having a wastegate problem.......looks like you got a bada$$ combo at work there........port intake and heads.......the 33 turbo........I cant wait to get mine working right.

Nick

 

[6SENSE]

Guys, dont forget to use the search at the bottom of the page and also to check over at http://www.gnttype.org. There is great info already available and waiting to help you (i.e. ECM conversion).
Yes, the '87 ECM plugs right in, but you will need to add a MAT sensor (easy). Any '87 chip, burned for your injectors of course, will work. Some say that a chip burned for a '84 car w/ '87ECM works better. Joe Lubrandt of PTE (219-996-7834) would probably be considered the man as far as this. I have '87chips (burned for '87 cars) that work just fine. I also have a JL chip.
'87ECM part#1227148 can be found in junkyards: $10(?), the JL chip is $50. Chip prices vary. Main reasons for changing over is more available scantool data (Turbolink doesnt supply as much data for '84 as it does '87) and more available scantools (SM), and greater chip availibility (plenty to choose from; everyone makes '87 chips, so take your choice).

START HERE: http://www.gnttype.org/techarea/ecmsensors/8487ecm.html

Oh yeah, the SM is small. About the size of a deck of cards. Good product. Doesnt replace what you can do with a laptop w/Tlink or Directscan for serious tuning, but it serves its purpose with its size as its a heck of a lot easier to have it sitting on your dash rather than lugging around a laptop. Laptop based scantool would be first choice at the track though, IMO.

 

[buickpower]

Thanks!

Thanks alot guys, i haven't forgotten about the ecm swap, thankfully . 1QUICK85, i will have to wait to get the motor in the car till probably winter break from school, but thankfully i am only 20 miles from home, so i can go there to work on it . The tranny is being rebuilt also, so it will be a while but i hope to have it running fully by the end of next summer. The hardest part is scraping up the $! Sorry for the long response.