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Chevy TPI Fuel Injection Swapper's Guide (S-A Design)

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I have read this book thoroughly. Although it gave me a great understanding of how TPI works, it doesn't address any of the problems you WILL run into when converting your earlier model Chevy, like my 84 ElCamino. The 50 page troubleshooting guide seems to be straight out of the GM manual. The remaining 80 some pages talk about the specific functions of the individual TPI components and their relation to each other: very comprehensive. Just don't expect any help on 'swapping' TPI to your specific vehicle.

This book has very little to do with swapping TPI systems.It is mostly a primer on TPI fuel injection. It totally misses the boat on all the problems of installation and modifications required to swap or add TPI injection to a non TPI engine.For instance There are no reviews or advice on different wiring methods. Nothing much on after market fuel pumps, nothing on cable mods.,nothing on air conditioning compressor/alternator relocation brackets,nothing on converting a mass air flow system to a speed density system. If you are a street rodder or a hot rodder this book will offer you little to nothing in your quest to add TPI to your car.Don't waste your hard earned dollars here.

If you are looking for guidance on swapping a TPI system this isn't the book for you. It is only a very general overview of the GM TPI systems. It looks like the author trolled through the available GM literature and picked up bits here and there. Most of the information is readily available on the Internet. There is no index, so finding specific topics is difficult. Half the book is devoted to the standard error codes.

This book is good for someone that has no idea of what they are doing. It gives a good list of part numbers and a description of how the system works and then waste the majority of the book on trouble shooting guides that look exactly like the ones in a regular repair manual. I does not give you any of the information one might be looking for when doing a SWAP.

If you want to swap a EFI engine into an vehicle that never had it you will need to understand how fuel injection works. This book will help you understand it in pretty good detail. However, it does not help you understand what to expect when swapping an engine. I think maybe his title "swappers guide" refers to the sections on swapping parts on a fuel injected engine for better performance. I know I need to buy a different book to find what I was looking for.

I bought it for my TPI powered Elco. But now want to mess around with custom FI setups. This book really helps. Very informative.

If you are installing a TPI fuel injection system on your hotrod engine, or you want to update the carb setup on your current engine, this book is a must-have item. It tells you all the things you will need to do the swap (i.e. fuel lines, ECM and sensors, intake/runners/plenum, etc). The book also tells you what specific system/model years are more complex and more expensive to convert to (i.e. 1985-1989 MAF systems) and why. It explains the differences in the hardware used in the GM intake systems from 1985-1992. All the different types of sensors and fuel injectors used are explained and shown in detail,including part numbers. Additionally, the "pinouts" of the many different ECMs that GM used from 1985-1992 are evaluated and show in detail. This book is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for any TPI repair or installation.

I found this book to be worthless in trying to install fuel injection on an older car

This is one of the best TPI books I have read. I wish I had it before I started my mods, but I can still use it as a guide for my new motor. This book contains great insight to how the whole TPI system works as well as hints as to what the best items are for different levels of modifications. Don't touch your TPI motor without reading this book first!