Sometimes the best time to install a
Stand Alone system is before you do all
those heavy modifications. Most people
wait until last to do it, but if you do
it first, you can save your self a lot
of time. In this case we are looking to
raise the RPM limit and replace the
digital MAF meter with a 2.5 Bar MAP
sensor.
Here are some tips:
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Lets say we are doing a V6 engine like
the one in this GMC 4.3 Jimmy. The truck
is running off the stock OEM ECM; which
is firing one coil and 6 injectors. We
can use the PRS 2, 4, or 8 to run this
truck. In this case we will show you how
the PRS 2 will do the job.
Our plan is to configure the PRS 2 to
fire one coil. For fuel, we will pair
two injectors, as per firing order, to 1
of 3 injector drivers.
The first step is to take the fling
leads from the PRS 2 and just tee them
to the stock harness. We used
www.Alldata.com to get the trucks OEM
ECM pin out. We looked at the PRS wiring
diagram and marked the wires we will
need to tee into on the GMC wire
harness. We then teed in all the input
wires we can, but did not cut any.
Now we can start and run the truck,
still running on the stock ECM, and
monitor the PRS on our PC or laptop. We
now set up the global setting as per the
manual instructions. A good study of the
manual before hand is recommended.
Now that the RPM reading is accurate and
the live data is being displayed we can
now go on to wiring the coil. What I
like to do is wire in a 2nd coil with a
wire and spark plug hanging out of it,
temporarily. Now I can still run the
truck, which is still running on the OEM
ECM, and compare the timing from #1 plug
to the signal I am getting from the PRS
coil. If all looks good just swap over
the coil wire and we are now running on
the PRS for timing. If your signals are
not adding up you may have not
configured the PRS correctly, so you
will have to go back to the global
settings and see what you may have
missed.
Ok, now we have control of the timing,
and we will do the fuel next. We refer
to the Alldata print again. We find, in
this case, 6 injectors wires. Because
the PRS2 has 3 injector drivers, we pair
them up according to firing order. (If
we use the PRS4 we could have one driver
for each injector.) The first pair we
cut and wire to our first injector
driver. We start the engine, 2 injectors
are being controlled by the PRS and the
other 4 are being controlled by the OEM
ECM. Tune the 2 injectors with the PRS
analog map until the engine sounds
normal again. This is going to give you
a good idea what the fuel #'s need to
look like. Now swap 2 more injectors
over, 2 at a time. Now your car is
running on the PRS, and you can take it
from there.
We will not be removing the OEM ECM on
this vehicle because we need it to
control the transmission, but if it were
not, then it could be removed. As long
as we are leaving it, we let it continue
running the Idle air motor.
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