Re: [Amc-list] Moates' APU1 "AutoPROM" system.... for OBD1

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

As long as you have the correct em and prom to work from, I'd say go for it too!

You have the knowledge to pull the programming off.
You've burnt chips before.

Be way simpler than shipping proms etc;
After you set up a 196 you can do a little side business I'm sure.

Next would be TBI on a flat head!

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
" I realize that death is inevitable.
I just don't want to be around when it happens! "

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>
> Anyone here have experience with this thing? Unless someone pipes up in 
> the negative I'm gonna buy it.
> 
> The AutoPROM thing is a sort of all-in-one kit. You need a Windows laptop.
> 
> You pluck out the PROM with the binary program and data tables from your 
> GM ECM. Stick this thing in the hole instead, and load up a COPY of the 
> PROM, from disk. So now you have a laptop on the passenger seat, the 
> APU1 box connected to it, and a ribbon cable from the APU1 into the ECM 
> under your dash. Stop short, it all crashes to the floor, and the engine 
> stops! (Don't do that.)
> 
> With the Tunerpro software (comes with), you can examine and modify the 
> fuel tables in the ECM. I suppose you could drive to work with this 
> ratnest of cables and boxes next to you.
> 
> When you get the tuning all correct, you can burn a FLASH PROM (if you 
> buy or make the $30 chip adapter) or burn an EPROM (if you have blank 
> EPROMS and EPROM burner and/or UV EPROM eraser and all that crap). Then 
> stick the PROM in and drive like a normal person.
> 
> 
> This seems to not just be the cheapest solution, it seems the best 
> overall. It works only with OBD1 ECMs (I think), but that's what I have 
> right now, and once I tune up the Rambler Classic's Howell kit, I'll be 
> able to adapt junkyard parts to other cars -- THAT! will save a big wad 
> of cash! TBI is a hell of a lot easier to retrofit than TPI! And I know 
> I can bolt a GM throttle body onto the 195.6OHV...
> 
> The only other solutions seem to be vastly more expensive, though more 
> flexible. Like buy one of those Innotronics LM-1 or LM-2 ($400+), send 
> that data to Howell or other tuner house ($50 - $200) and have them do 
> the data tables and PROM burn, etc or buy all the gear separately to 
> burn your own.
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