New to me 86 GN

[BOXCARS]

The difference between the gauge style scanmaster with Bluetooth and the older original style scanmaster was pretty insignificant I figured it was worth it (like $10). I definitely was under the impression that I needed a Scanmaster for sure, just to be able to easily check the millivolts on all the sensors and check malfunction codes. Will be useful I think. I guess maybe the power logger may not be needed but people were suggesting it.

I have very little time to work on the thing unfortunately.

I have to replace the brake pads and rotors and tires at the very least for safety, maybe other things once I get into it.

Still need to break out my compression tester, my friend has a cooling system pressure tester I'd like to check that out too, to feel better about the overall health of the engine.

I know this car is going to be a money pit.

Yes, you need a scan master to monitor and tune your turbo-car, and then later on, once you get it running correctly you can use these more expensive tools for fine tuning, if you need to. You need to avoid detonation by making sure your fueling is adequate which is monitored by the scanmaster's O2 readout. Once you get it running OK, only rarely will you find you have a malfunction code, also monitored by the scanmaster. So, all you need is a scanmaster. You bought a car that needs to be brought up to snuff. I'm sure the price you paid for the car reflected that. Spending $600 rather than just $200 for a scanmaster is, in my opinion, putting the cart before the horse.

 

[kornball426]

Yes, you need a scan master to monitor and tune your turbo-car, and then later on, once you get it running correctly you can use these more expensive tools for fine tuning, if you need to. You need to avoid detonation by making sure your fueling is adequate which is monitored by the scanmaster's O2 readout. Once you get it running OK, only rarely will you find you have a malfunction code, also monitored by the scanmaster. So, all you need is a scanmaster. You bought a car that needs to be brought up to snuff. I'm sure the price you paid for the car reflected that. Spending $600 rather than just $200 for a scanmaster is, in my opinion, putting the cart before the horse.

Well you could have told me that before the money was spent. LoL

I just won't have to buy it later I guess.

I was born in 1988, so I'm not a kid, but this car is older than me... In understand modern computer stuff fairly well. I don't understand this early OBD1 stuff at all, getting live updates on data every 1.4 seconds sounds like a lifetime to me, 25 times per second sounds more like it. 😁😎

 

[BOXCARS]

Well you could have told me that before the money was spent. LoL

You didn't ask.

 

[motorheadmike]

Shoulda bought the PowerLogger.

 

[kornball426]

You didn't ask.

I know I was just kidding.

 

[kornball426]

Shoulda bought the PowerLogger.

Don't know if you're kidding, but I did get the power logger/data logger whatever.

 

[kornball426]

Scanmaster G and power logger arrived today as I was leaving for work, didn't have time to install them. I'm confused by how the scanmaster can do anything, it looks like it just has three spade connectors on the back. How the hell does this thing work lol? I really only took like a 2 minutes look at it, at work, didn't really have the time to read the instructions.

 

[kornball426]

Bunch of pictures, chips, intercooler, injectors, and wiring that is scary looking. Maybe you guys can tell me what these plugs that aren't connected to anything are for, I know some are for the air conditioning compressor which is long gone... The rest is a bit of a head scratcher to me. Intercooler is a bit of a mystery too.

 

[kornball426]

Last pic is the chip that was in the car, I just pulled it out and checked it, nothing scary there, except I don't know what injectors are in the car. I also don't think that is a 5.7 chip, any idea how old it is, should I get a new one with a matched set of injectors just for peace of mind?

 

[1 RARE T]

Where to start?

A lot of old school aftermarket stuff going on there. Intake doghouse, turbo (leaking oil) , intercooler, adj. bleeder valve , down-pipe, 60 lb injectors, Accufab fuel pres. reg.

That orange wire by the battery is ECM power. That Turbo-Tweak chip is the one you wanna use. Kenne Bell is ancient.

That thing was a week-end race mule.

I'd be digging deep into the condition of the motor before anything else.