95LT1 OBD1, T56.
So, went to put the battery in the GTA today, yeah, I waited a REALLY long time this year to even start it.
But when I opened the hood to look, I noticed some coppery glinty stuff. Took a closer look and yep, insulation stripped off the power wires to a relay. Took a look around, Injector #7 wire chewed right in half. Can't find the other half of the AFPR vacuum fitting. And more minor things.
Now, what I see is all fixable, I haven't dug deep to see if they chewed anything else yet, I kind of just put the battery back on the shelf.
I've never been happy with the harness in the car. It has crazy problematic voltage drops that don't make sense at all, cold PCM sees 14v @ 900rpm, warm PCM sees like 11.5v @ 900rpm. Clearly there is some kind of issue with grounding somewhere and its probably related to closed loop operation. And honestly, not really a fan of the Painless harness stuff as for my application I'd have to hack it up as they only sell automatic versions. Plus, tuning the 95 OBD1 LT1 PCM is a pain as its extremely sensitive to false knock.
I'm not stuck on a Terminator X, if there are other models, or other brands I should look into I'm open to it. Just want something with support that will actually make the car run.
For the basics, I know I need a Torquehead 24x conversion kit, some LS coils, the Terminator X, and other things. But that's enough to get the car running with CNP ignition, and modern WBO2...etc.
I just want the car to actually run right, its not a super wild combo that needs crazy shit to run right. But I'm frustrated with the current harness, and at the minimum I need to replace it entirely.
So, went to put the battery in the GTA today, yeah, I waited a REALLY long time this year to even start it.
But when I opened the hood to look, I noticed some coppery glinty stuff. Took a closer look and yep, insulation stripped off the power wires to a relay. Took a look around, Injector #7 wire chewed right in half. Can't find the other half of the AFPR vacuum fitting. And more minor things.
Now, what I see is all fixable, I haven't dug deep to see if they chewed anything else yet, I kind of just put the battery back on the shelf.
I've never been happy with the harness in the car. It has crazy problematic voltage drops that don't make sense at all, cold PCM sees 14v @ 900rpm, warm PCM sees like 11.5v @ 900rpm. Clearly there is some kind of issue with grounding somewhere and its probably related to closed loop operation. And honestly, not really a fan of the Painless harness stuff as for my application I'd have to hack it up as they only sell automatic versions. Plus, tuning the 95 OBD1 LT1 PCM is a pain as its extremely sensitive to false knock.
I'm not stuck on a Terminator X, if there are other models, or other brands I should look into I'm open to it. Just want something with support that will actually make the car run.
For the basics, I know I need a Torquehead 24x conversion kit, some LS coils, the Terminator X, and other things. But that's enough to get the car running with CNP ignition, and modern WBO2...etc.
I just want the car to actually run right, its not a super wild combo that needs crazy shit to run right. But I'm frustrated with the current harness, and at the minimum I need to replace it entirely.