[Supras] Installing a Super Monitor on a '90 turbo

[t72pwrd]

It still looks cool.  A useless mod, but a neat one.  Kinda like the TEMS 
controller HKS made.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hacker J" <jonbhacker at yahoo.com>
To: <supras at supras.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Supras] Installing a Super Monitor on a '90 turbo


>I have done it.  I got a harness plug from an 87 and wired it into the 
>dash. Its lots of work,
> including running wires to the old clock plug, cluster, ECU, and ECT 
> computers. I have a set of
> charts in pdf format that details the install if anyone wants it.
>
> By the way, if you change injectors, the calculations will be off, and for 
> that matter, there are
> two SM computers, one for the GE and one for the GTE.
>
> Jon
> 90T
>
>
> --- supras-request at supras.com wrote:
>
>> Looks like suprra girl has the schematics to hardwire it, but I can 
>> confirm
>> that the supermonitor computer which goes way up high behind the steering
>> column alongside the ABS computer is *not* present in the 1989-1992 
>> Supras.
>>
>> My old 87 Turbo did not come with the SuperMonitor option, so I did take 
>> the
>> gauge cluster out and put in the Supermonitor display.  It too did not 
>> have
>> the SuperMonitor Computer, so i bought that as well and installed it way 
>> up
>> high behind the steering column.  BUT --- the wiring and plug for 
>> everything
>> was sitting right there, ready to plug into the SuperMonitor Computer. 
>> It
>> was literally plug and play once I had the Display and Computer from the
>> parts yard.
>>
>> The 1989-1992 Supras won't have the wiring and plug sitting there, 
>> wrapped
>> in tape, ready to plug into your newly-purchased SuperMonitor computer.
>> That alone was enough to dissuade me from attempting a transplant into my
>> 1992 Turbo.
>>
>> That said, Suprra Girl's schematics seem pretty clear.  Not sure what 
>> kind
>> of effort it would take, or where all those plugs are located throughout 
>> the
>> car.  I'd be interested in knowing, assuming someone has actually put 
>> this
>> thing in on an '89-'92 Turbo.  I also wonder if the signals coming thru 
>> the
>> hardwiring that would have to be done would be "accurate", if you will. 
>> Ie,
>> will the SuperMonitor still display accurate information on the 89-92 
>> Supras
>> for which it was never meant to be an option?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> On 04/01/2008, suprra girl <suprra at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Now that i made easy for ya if theres no plug ;)
>> > www.supra.co.nz/supermonitor/supermonitor.htm
>> >
>> > --
>> > Cheers
>> >
>> > Suze
>> > 7M POWAH! ;)
>> > www.supra.co.nz
>> >
>> >
>> > On Jan 5, 2008 2:59 PM, Mike <vengeance66 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Got a stupid question...how hard is it to install a
>> > > super monitor on a '90 turbo?  Haven't looked under
>> > > the dash to see if the plug is there to hitch up the
>> > > computer but was wondering how hard it is to make it
>> > > work?  Thanks...Mike
>> > >
>
>
>
> 
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