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Old 05-02-2012, 10:32 PM
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Bare Bone Requirements under the hood?

I need to know what parts are needed in order to have a functioning 1989 TPI camaro??? What I'm getting at is I want to take out as much stuff as possible under my hood while still maintaining street driving functionality. I want to keep my TPI so please do not say "put a carb on it and you only need three wires haha". My wire harness is slashed all to pieces and all my vacuum lines are shot and I'm not sure if anything other than my engine works...so I want to eliminate everything that is not needed to operate my vehicle so that I can order a custom wire harness and computer...I have a 5.7 TPI engine in a 1989 IROC. Thanks and sorry for the long post.
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Re: Bare Bone Requirements under the hood?

Not being a smart a$$, but first step is your Chilton's manual and electric schematics...
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Re: Bare Bone Requirements under the hood?

Originally Posted by Brett1957
what parts are needed in order to have a functioning TPI ?
so that I can order a custom wire harness and computer...
A standalone aftermarket EFI harness ( using stock or aftermarket computer ) will only operate the engine anyway ;you still need other wiring

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I want to eliminate everything that is not needed to operate my vehicle
so you need to decide what other factory elec items ( lights A/c ,etc ) you want to keep
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Re: Bare Bone Requirements under the hood?

thanks for the comments, I have decided to repair as much of the harness as possible, the main question I was attempting to ask (not very well on my part) was can I get rid of emissions components and still have the TPI? charcoal canister and vacuum lines, egr ect....or are those components needed?

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Originally Posted by Tibey
Not being a smart a$$, but first step is your Chilton's manual and electric schematics...
I plan on breaking that bad boy out and making it my new Bible! lol j/k
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