Thanks for the input JT. It is always good to hear from anyone that has
some good ideas or advice.
Dan
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> From: JT McBride <James.McBride@GDEsystems.COM>
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: 360 SWAP (was Re: DML: RE: Detonation)
> Date: Monday, December 15, 1997 9:11 PM
>
> >> Dan - What are you planning to use for an engine management computer
for
> >> the 360? A Ram SBEC? An aftermarket computer? By who? When? Where? How
>
> >These are the questions I'm trying to answer myself. I know that I must
> >swap in a 94 Ram computer. I will have to get it recalibrated by
someone.
> >I want to be able to eliminate the fuel shut off component of the
computer.
> >I have no idea how much it would cost or if it can even be done. I was
>
> Good luck. Chrysler evidently doesn't make it easy. For one thing,
they're
> several generations behind in microprocessor technology, so they really
> make the chips bleed to get the job done [that's quite a tribute to the
> engineers involved, BTW]. You'd probably have a bit easier time starting
> with the Ram SBEC.
>
> I have a friend whose project car is a V8 240Z. Although he was pretty
> happy with it, he pulled the GM 350 crate engine (carburetted) out, and
> he's planning to drop in a 'built' LT1 and a T56 six-speed. The LT1 is
> fuel injected, and the guy already has a distributorless ignition that's
> supposed to be good to 9000 rpm.
>
> Anyway, the beauty of the Chevy is that there are a half-dozen shops in
> the L.A. area that burn chips for the engine computer. Set up the engine
> on the dyno, start with a guess, and tweak until it's just right, burn
> the PROMs, drop them in your computer, and you can meet smog, idle as
> well as your cams will let you, and blow the fender flares off Porsches
> anytime you care to.
>
> You might even ask whether it'd be feasible to use a GM computer. The
> Magnum engine has all the right inputs (except knock), but I kinda
> doubt the sensors used on the Dodge would be directly compatible with
> the GM ECC. There's the question of whether the notches, holes, or pins
> used on the flywheel to give crank position would result in the same
> signals. A Chevy hot rod shop won't be able to modify those parts of
> the computer, so you'd have to make the Dodge "look" like a GM to the
> computer. That might get expensive in it's own right.
>
> Maybe there's a reason Chrysler is redesigning the Magnum engines for
> the 1999 or 2000 model year ???
>
> Jim
> Dakota - The Right Caliber of Dodge Magnum Force
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