BUILD THREAD 88 Monte SS to TPI

[Injectedcutty]

Very nice. The harness that comes out of the passenger side what does that control anyways? Can I scrap that and just run my new harness and computer in same location.. I'm at the wiring stage on mine now (painless kit)...

The painless kit is well worth the money. That's what I used when I did my swap years back. As soon as I get my Cutlass painted I have to remove the harness and sell it since the LS is completely different.

 

[SSClassic]

84slow

Very nice. The harness that comes out of the passenger side what does that control anyways? Can I scrap that and just run my new harness and computer in same location.. I'm at the wiring stage on mine now (painless kit)...

,im not sure what the 'Painless" harness consists of so i cant really answer that,by all means dont scrap anything.one mans junk is anothers treasure

 

[Injectedcutty]

84slow

,im not sure what the 'Painless" harness consists of so i cant really answer that,by all means dont scrap anything.one mans junk is anothers treasure

The painless harness makes a TPI based swap a standalone system. Thereare maybe 4 connections that have to be made. All factory connectors are pre-terminated and labeled. The harness gives enough slack for oddball swaps, and cleaning up the wiring is the biggest, most time consuming chore!!!
Not to photo-jack, but when done with patience said harness can be a super clean install. Given I had my coil mounted inside, the wires you see operated all the engine sensors and no corners were cut....

 

[SSClassic]

did some shopping today,front set is 88 IROC,left set are 98 concord,right set are 99 camaro
not sure which are better or worse but i think the 99 camaro fans sit nice with the monte rad and cutlass support with very little modification needed.whats everyones opinion in this decision.

 

[64nailhead]

We used the Camaro fan setup on the right in your picture. We mounted them in front of the radiator so that they are both out of sight and out of the way for turbo piping. They work more than adequately.

Nice right up BTW.

 

[84slow]

Any updates? looks like we're both doing this at the same time

 

[SSClassic]

Any updates? looks like we're both doing this at the same time

nothing significant been getting my garage and house ready for winter,i plan on getting my fans wired and mounted today.ill post somepics

 

[SSClassic]

new door lock GM actuators ready to go in

1999 Camaro fans mounted,bottom of these fans have 3 offset prongs that lock the bottom to the rad support,ill go into detail on the wiring once its complete

4x10s out and some Alpine 6x9s going in

 

[Andebe]

Were headers ever considered,just curious?

 

[SSClassic]

Were headers ever considered,just curious?

Were headers ever considered,just curious?

these have been stuffed away cause i cant decide on mufflers & still need to get the G force crossmember,but headers were actually decided upon prior to the TPI.my plan next spring when i have the tpi done to take it for a custom stainless exhaust.