Has anybody complety removed the ECM out of there car??? I seen in a post comment somewhere on here bout doing it an I can't find it. It said something about having to splice like 30 wires. Tried the search but no luck or I over looked it( hard to look an drive lol)

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All ways on my IPHONE!!!!!!

Are you talking about swapping in a different ECM like the 1227730? Many of us have done that swap.

If you just want to remove the ECM it's simple. 4 nuts and 2 electrical connectors. Takes 10 minutes tops.

[This message has been edited by Hudini (edited 05-06-2010).]

Lol ok then. I must have been reading something else then. But yeah taking it out permantly tyvm

I've done an engine swap to a carburetted SBC, so I don't need the ECM and have removed it.

Is this what you were looking for? https://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum3/HTML/000088.html

I just thought about something. If I remove it complete will I be able to use the factory gauges

Some information, including the 86 and 88 Fiero factory service manuals:

http://www.fieronews.net/fusion/downloads.php

The service manuals have electrical schematics for the entire car, including any connections to the ECM.

As far as I know, most of the gauges use mechanical sending units... Fuel, oil, speedo, etc.

Maybe not? I'm not totally sure and there are probably some variances.

When I ran a carb on my SBC, the ecm was completely removed.

All the stock guages run independent of the ECM and do not need it for them to run. The 2 exceptions to this are the "shift" and "Check Engine" lights that are triggered via the ecm.

If you have an Automatic, you will need to use a pressure switch (or some other means) to lock up the torque converter.

The AC cystem will work just fine during normal opporation, but the ECM has a built in function to disable A/C at WOT if it happened to be on (avoids the power loss of AC at WOT). If you wanted to retain this fucntion you will need to wire up some other type switch (maybe based on engine vacuum).

[This message has been edited by fieroguru (edited 05-08-2010).]

quote Originally posted by skuzzbomer: As far as I know, most of the gauges use mechanical sending units... Fuel, oil, speedo, etc. Maybe not? I'm not totally sure and there are probably some variances.

Actually no, they are all electric, and don't run through the ECM.

Fieroguru thanks that's what I was thinking bout the auto trans. No I gotta search for that rite up