hi im jo and my stock engine took a crap on me im buyin a turbo engine for my car and i need to know if my wire harness has the hookups for a turbo if not, is there a adapter i can splice in the harness, also i need to know if i have to dyno the car to program the ecu im new to this so any help would be great
help with engine swap stock to turbo
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Here is a good read.
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?113579-Non-Turbo-to-Turbo-(NA-T)-FAQ
Short cut.
Need turbo harness and Ecu.
If 87-88 car any yellow plug harness and Ecu will be plug and play.
89 should only use 89 and same goes for 90
91-92 are the same and should only be used with 91-92 harness and Ecu.
http://www.supramania.com/forums/showthread.php?113579-Non-Turbo-to-Turbo-(NA-T)-FAQ
Short cut.
Need turbo harness and Ecu.
If 87-88 car any yellow plug harness and Ecu will be plug and play.
89 should only use 89 and same goes for 90
91-92 are the same and should only be used with 91-92 harness and Ecu.
Well I suppose if you could elaborate on what your stock engine was, we could help you further. Turbo or non-turbo, manual or automatic? What year is the car? The more you can provide posts with infomation and grammar, the more we can help you.spartacus;1822545 said:
Hvyman gave a good summary as far as the harness and ECM, but there are other things that you should watch for as well.
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I'm assuming so, but still would like to know the trans and other info.supraguy@aol;1822864 said:
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No, your NA harness will not have the hookups to deal with a 7M-GTE. You will need a 7M-GTE harness.
I'd check if your '89 is early or late. Mine is an early '89, which has more in common with the '87-'88 than with the '90-'92. I pulled the 7M-GE from it, along with the wiring harness and ECU, and swapped in a 1987 7M-GTE with ECU and wiring harness. The ABS connector was different, and there was an issue with the headlights. I believe that these are addressed in the sticky, but in any case, neither is a real problem. I'm told that the electrical is the same for all '89s early or late, so you should be able to do the same thing.
READ! There's a ton of information out there, and if you read up on it first, you're not likely to have a problem or any gotchas when you swap in the motor.
I'd check if your '89 is early or late. Mine is an early '89, which has more in common with the '87-'88 than with the '90-'92. I pulled the 7M-GE from it, along with the wiring harness and ECU, and swapped in a 1987 7M-GTE with ECU and wiring harness. The ABS connector was different, and there was an issue with the headlights. I believe that these are addressed in the sticky, but in any case, neither is a real problem. I'm told that the electrical is the same for all '89s early or late, so you should be able to do the same thing.
READ! There's a ton of information out there, and if you read up on it first, you're not likely to have a problem or any gotchas when you swap in the motor.