It's alive!! My TPI works!!
 

I started on my TPI about 3 weeks ago. We have been gone every weekend so I haven't been able to work on it much lately. Tonight I fired it up! I have a couple of bugs to work out still but I am pretty pumped :D :D

My next project is to pull the harness and clean it up a little more, I am going to remove the air pump harness and the charcoal canister harness.
Then I am going to make my own plug wires so I can run them down and around, like my old ones were so they don't look so ugly. I am running big block wires for now to get the clearance that I need.
Then I need to clean the engine up, it looks pretty bad right now.

Wow looks Great!! keep us posted I have contemplaited that change for a while now, I might do it later.

i bet you would have noticed a big difference with just the points to HEI swap. looks good

What setup is this?? Did you have to change out the heads????

Looks like a lot of fun!

Dallas71, my TPI is from an 86 so I did not have to change the heads. 87 and up had the new style heads, but you can modify the middle bolt holes on the intake so that they will work on the older heads.

Thanks for the compliments guys! I can't wait to get it on the road. I have to re-install the bed, and do a couple of other things. I am just happy to hear it run!

Here is a pic of my FCG tank. I have a rear roll pan, and the hitch sits behind my license plate. As you can see the tank won't sit too low. It should hold around 20 gallons.

its funner (yes funner is a word) with no bed. i drove my friends 77 6 blocks from his dads work to the bodyshop, got all kinds of crossed up leaving the parking lot :burnout:

Looking good. Next step is that 700r4. keep us posted

NICE!!!! Where is the burnout pic :)

What did the tube between the throttle body and the maf come off of? I am going to be doing the same thing on mine and I need something like that. I know the firebird one will work, but that looks like something else.

What kind of bugs have ya got to work out? Or is it just that you need to clean up the harness, engine etc? I should be firing my TPI up by the end of the month if not earlier...

neonlarry, I got that boot from jagsthatrun.com, that is where I bought my vehicle speed sensor too
Russel, I still need to time it and clean stuff up, I had a problem with the fuiel pump running all of the time (even with the key off) but that was because I bypassed the oil pressure switch, so I fixed that last night.

what you have in mind for an air filter? I cant wait for the burn-out pics. lets do a back-to-back burn-out & have the little lady take a shot!

I have a K&N on the way.
The little lady would throw the camera at me before she took a picture of me burning the tires, but the college kids are back, we could find a pair of ladies to take the picture :D

Special thanks to 68c15, he flared some fuel lines for me and helped me figure out some problems that I had. Thank You!
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dont thank me yet, theres lots more to come. (700R4) (nitrous)

WOW Shaun that looks badazz!!! GOOD JOB!!

did you buy the harness or use your own? is it going to be mass air flow or speed density?

Some excellent progress!

It is a mass air system. I used the factory harness. I removed the AC, wiper, and fan wiring. I still have to remove the air pump, egr, and charcoal canister wiring. I am going to pull it out again to do that. I bought the Haynes manual for the Camaro that this came out of and it helped me greatly. It had all of the wiring diagrams with the colors of the wires and everything. That was a huge help.
I had the chip modified to match my engine combo and to make it work without the EGR.

OK I will admit I do not know much when it comes to TPI on our trucks so what all did you purchase to do this upgrade????

what exactly will this do to improve your truck? more HP? better fuel mileage?? Just curious about the swap

Wow!! Looking good!!
I'm just in the process of buying a 87 firebird with the TPI. Think I'm going to use the whole motor and tranny though.
Keep us posted and expect a few PM's from me in the future.
Thanks.

dallas 71, I bought an 86 Camaro for $400. Then I removed everything I needed. I tried to use everything I could from the car to keep the cost down. On a side note I parted the car and got $800 for all of the parts, so the extra $400 helped to purchase the FCG tank. I still had to buy some misc parts, like an 02 sensor, knock sensor, air intake ducting, vehicle speed sensor, factory service manual, fuel lines, thermostat, thermostat housing, reprogram the chip, plug wires, throttle cable, and dist. cap and rotor. My FCG tank has the sending unit and intake fuel pump in it.

Dubie, my main reason for doing it was for the fun of it. I found the car for a great deal so that is what started the whole thing. Of course I told my wife it would get better fuel economy and a bunch of other crap, but I am not sure it will. The 700r4 that came out of the car should help a lot there though.
And it looks cool. I have yet to drive it but I will update everyone as to fuel economy and HP when it get so on the road. All I have done is revved it up in the back yard :D

Deuce,
My best advice would be to get the Haynes manual for that car, they are $75 but worth every penny. I can't even fathom how much time and frustration that thing saved me.
Feel free to PM me whenever you want.