I'm about to start building my motor and was wondering if I can use the front cover and OMP hardware from an 88 motor on an 89+ motor. My goal is around 350+ hp to the wheels and I would like to use a later block but I want the mechanical OMP for obvious reasons.

Thanks,
Mike

 

You can do it. a friend of mine did that when putting an 89-90 NA motor in an 88, and everything worked out ok.

 

you need to use the 87-88 front cover on the engine. and then you just need to rig up the thing that opens it.

 

Save yourself a headache, and just block the OMP off and run premix. Thats what im going to to when I put my 89-91 motor in my TII.

 

I have seriously considered this and still may go this route. I run premix in my first gen with no OMP and its not that bad. That car is basically a race car with interier. It doesent even have windsheild wipers.
My goal for the 10AE is to be as practical as possible. I'm even going to keep A/C on it. So I think I want to keep the OMP. I may change my mind later.

Thanks for the info,
Mike

 

I removed the pump from my car and I run premix. It's not a big inconvenience, as long as you're the only one who uses the car and you always pump your own gas.

 

I was under the impression that if you disconnected the OMP on an 89-91, the ECU would run in limp mode. Am I wrong on this one?

 

Sounds right to me. But the Haltech doesent care if you have an OMP or not

Mike

 

Yes, that's true. I'm no longer using the stock ECU.