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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 03:21 PM
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i just swapped my STD computer for the SI computer and the gears went to hell.. and the rev limiters were activated way before they r supposed to.. i still have the dual point fuel injection , do i have to change that to all fuel injection to get the benifit of the SI computer? is there anything else i need to do?

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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 03:49 PM
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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 05:49 PM
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i have an si IM, with tb, fuel rail, regulator and injectors fs if you want it. email me at smokincrx03@yahoo.com
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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 06:02 PM
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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 06:06 PM
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i got the parts covered i just need to know what else i need to put in to make the SI computer work with my engine..
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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 08:50 PM
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Have you actually swapped the multi point injection stuff in yet? It seems from what I'm reading that you put the ecu in the standard with the dual point injection. If so thats why it wont run correctly. You need to swap the mani,tb,feul system , dist. and ecu. to me if im reading it wrong but thats what it sounds like to me.
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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 09:36 PM
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Have you actually swapped the multi point injection stuff in yet? It seems from what I'm reading that you put the ecu in the standard with the dual point injection. If so thats why it wont run correctly. You need to swap the mani,tb,feul system , dist. and ecu. to me if im reading it wrong but thats what it sounds like to me.
Yea, your right. He swapped in the ECU before doing anything else.
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Old Sep 13, 2002 | 11:30 PM
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I'm suprised you're not throwing any check engine codes.
Everything they said above, plus...

the gears went to hell..
do you have an automatic transmission? Is the Si ECU you have from a car that had an automatic? It will need to be.

the rev limiters were activated way before they r supposed to..
It stops reving at about 3500 rpm right? the Si computer needs input from a sensor that's in the distributor, and the dx dizzy doesn't have it.

What it boils down to is you either need to do the entire MPFI swap, or put your STD ECU back in. To be honest, I can't think of any benefit of swapping the ECU even if it did work. The benefits of the swap come from the larger throtle body and better fuel delivery of the intake manifold, The ECU and distributor are just swapped to make that manifold work with your car
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Old Sep 14, 2002 | 05:25 AM
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ok.. yeah i didnt do the mpfi swap yet.. im gonna do it today.. thanks for the help..

mike
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what will the new redline b with the SI stuff on my DX engine?
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