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Old 09-25-2018, 05:28 PM   #4
DieselSJ
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Re: 1988 TBI to 1991 TBI Conversion Q's

Comparing the other truck to yours - how different were they? If the engine came from a 2wd standard cab 1/2 ton with 4.11 gears it is going to feel way different in your truck.

Engine specs? Mileage? Transmission? Gear ratio? There are a ton of variables on why an engine would feel "better" in one chassis vs another.

I'm chasing issues on my TBI 454 right now where I'm way down on power. I think I have traced it to weak fuel pumps based on my fuel trims and the fact that the fuel trims are different for each tank. I did the same thing with chasing parts until I got a cable and software to do some logging and saw that the fuel trims were going crazy at anything over about half throttle. Fuel pumps were "new" as of 3 years ago, but they were crap Spectra quality (installed by previous owner). So installing 1 new Delco pump and will do some logging and see where it goes.

Personally I would not throw any other parts, especially used parts, at it until you get it logging.

Get a cable from here - http://aldlcable.com/

Comes with a CD that has a couple dozen different scanning/logging programs.
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