chevnut55

I am almost finished with my 69 camaro ls swap except the computer was programed by bp automotive 2 times and now will not run.
It starts for a second and dies, it ran fine before it was sent back because the program did not take and he forgot the tach mod.
I think it would be best if it could be programed in the car instead of sending it back and quessing as I have my house sold and need to start moving asap.
Anyone in SE ma. that knows what they are doing that cam come out to my shop in taunton to get this up and running?
please let me know asap. 508-824-3452

redtan

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What type of computer do you have on there?

chevnut55

stock 2000 corvette, it was reprogramed twice by bill at bp automotive.
I tried to fix it with my 2000 z71 diablo tuner but no luck.
I need to get the car finished so I can start moving..Im screwed and the wife is pi$$ed!
she wants me to give up on it and put it in storage for a few years until we are settled..this sucks.

redtan

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Are there any mods? Anyone with a hptuners/efilive or access to the diablo cmr software can probably write you a tune.

chevnut55

Stock except for headers and no smog junk.
I do not know anyone that owns a laptop in my area except for a few mustang guys who programed my 4.6 cobra replica..and they charged me $500.00 and was not even dyno tuned and still did not run great.
glad I sold it and bought my grand sport, I would like to have that tuned too but waiting until I do some mods.
Im heading out to bass pro shops show in a few hours, I will be looking for cars with ls swaps too find out who programed it. or shops that deal with stuff like this, but do not know if they would make house calls.
The only other option is to buy a new pcm that's swap ready, but worried it will not work with my harness or set up ,also I would rather have it tuned in the car to make sure everything is good to go...guessing games at this point is not a option.

Justins00ss

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Talk to Don at Slowhawk Performance. He is in Bridgewater Ma and a sponsor on here. One of the best ls gurus in the area. Most everyone in that area uses Don. When I lived in Bridgewater I used him. Great guy

chevnut55

I know of them. I will give them a call. thanks

Bowtie316

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Honestly, if he only adjusted for headers and smog, it shouldn't have done anything that would have affected starting. Do you have any codes? Does it start and then die? Do you have fuel pressure?

chevnut55

I can not get any codes up beause it will not run long enough.
It had codes and that's why I had to send it back to bill, that and the tach mod
.it starts and dies for a few seconds. fuel pressure is good, it ran great except for the codes and tach before I sent the pcm back.

Slowhawk

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You drove within 1 mile of my shop yesterday.

Mike454SS

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It sounds like VATS is on.

Bowtie316

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If it runs for a second or two then dies it is most likely VATS still enabled. Do you have noid light to check for injector pulse?

chevnut55

Taking the pcm to slowhawk this week. he's only 2 miles from my house and did not know.

chevnut55

Thanks to Slowhawk it runs again.
the vats was somehow re installed along with other program problems.
tach still does not work witch is one of the reasons why I sent it back to BP in the 1st place.
slowhawk can fix that after I drive it and bring the car to him to be dialed in.

Bowtie316

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Glad you got it fixed, suck to hear about BP Auto, I am waiting on a harness from him.

chevnut55

Thanks.. good luck on the wait. not badmouthing anyone on here, bill is a great guy.
pm me for info if you need it.

chevnut55

Tried driving it. still no tach , will not shift and bogs and pops under throttle. wish like hell I droped in a small block with a 700r4 like I planed. 2 years and $10k and I made my 69 Camaro worse than it was before I started. If I did not have so much $$$ into it and out of time to work on it I would switch it back.

Bowtie316

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Well that sucks to hear. Sounds like maybe MAF, TPS or MAP sensor not working correctly. Do you have any way to tell if they are communicating properly with the ecm?

chevnut55

I hooked it up to my z71"s diablo sport tuner and all it got for codes was the 654 engine rpm output circuit.
It sounds like a beast, but drives much worse than the old tired 305 I pulled out.

gagliano7

I would bring it to slowhawk and have him take a look. Once it runs right you will be glad you made the change.