shrapnel knobs and cheap chips

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

Hello Steve........I've been running a resistor mode and manual WG pressure
control valve on my 87 5ktq for about 5 years................got the parts
from Paul Timmerman, inventor of the Shrappnel Knobben.

Paul's  mode on my car s a 475 ohm resistor between pins 1 and 10 in the ECU.

It advances the timing across the entire RPM range, and fools the ECU into
not shutting down the fuel pump at the pre-set limit.

The mode runs the mixture a bit on the lean side, and your sparkers will be
showing that by their white color. I never strapped the intercooler and it
never blew in 5 years.

Last month I installed a true chipped ECU, with the QLCC code changes, and
the car runs much smoother and stronger while doing all the good stuff that
it did with the cheap mod. I got my QLCC chip in Annapolis from Ben Swann
<bswann at worldnet.att.net>

After running both mods, I'd suggest that you contact Ben and discuss the
cost of going to the QLCC code. It wasn't that expensive, and the results
were very rewarding. I think he has a wagon like yours.

Doyt Echelberger
87 5ktq   at 261k miles in Ohio   USA

 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.
At 05:18 PM 11/12/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>Well, I played with the turbo shrapnel knob on our '86 wagon over the
>weekend
>and re-discovered a few things. ........snip.....................
>Hopefully I can borrow a friends garage so I don't have to work in the
>driveway in the rain: makes it harder to dry up water leaks that way...
>
>Steve
>'86 5ktqa
>kent, wa