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• Re: High quality two pole 60A wiring connectors
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:18:40 -0700
  ...the only really right thing to do to start an EFI car is a charged battery installed in the car/ Anything else is risky...
• Re: Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van so much...)
  Historical mailing list - Terry K.
  Sun, 26 May 2002 12:08:54 -0500
  ...Toyota Hiace Engines 2.0 gas 2.4 gas 2.0 diesel 2.4 diesel (turbo oprtion) 2.8 diesel 3.0 EFI turbodiesel...
• Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:34:46 -0700
  ...while the engine hasn't quite stopped turning yet, the extra now-available voltage rushes into the ignition/EFI system, and the engine fires...
• Re: was: RE: 6 guys and vanagon x-country-UPDATE now:the great Megasquirt debate
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:02:59 -0700
  ...a little more than that. > but I'm always interested in EFI systems and 'real good reliability and > longevity' .........and simplicity. > > what I often...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:36:44 -1000
  ...numerous ways to do it . >> even if you keep your Digijet EFI ...it's very nice to have a *compete* >> 2.1 exhaust system...
• Re: seeking Air Cooled info/advice (82 Westy)
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Wed, 18 Sep 2002 16:37:18 -0400
  ...Disconnect the EFI harness from the ECU, the alternator plug, the coil wires (that go to the motor), throttle cable, and the double relay...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 5 Sep 2014 13:35:52 -1000
  ...numerous ways to do it . > even if you keep your Digijet EFI ...it's very nice to have a > *compete* 2.1 exhaust system...
• Re: Best van ever designed (was: Why do we love that damn van so much...)
  Historical mailing list - Phil S.
  Sun, 26 May 2002 11:13:30 -0700
  ...diesel > > 2.4 diesel (turbo oprtion) > > 2.8 diesel > > 3.0 EFI turbodiesel > > Auto or 5-speed manual; floorshift or column > cartspring or > > torsionbar...
• Re: Mystery starting issue 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 23 Dec 2023 13:32:03 -0500
  ...it is your van with the starting issue. > For the GoWesty EFI set up intermittent no starts can be caused by the cam position...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:53:02 -0700
  ...Remember back in 1990 when the Audi's with > cruise control and EFI and electronic transmissions were acting up? > No-one could explain the...
• Re: Opinions Please!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:26:44 -0700
  ...I put a 2.1 in mine, and full convesion to 2.1 cooling system and EFI etc. Had that stuff left over from...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:13:30 -0700
  ...bad in the last 2 or 3 years...among >> maybe 70 EFI vanagons. >> One was just a couple of months ago. >> I seriously carry...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 14:48:37 -0500
  ...other cars, even VW jettas with the same basic type of EFI > don't allow this. LIke not even a minute to get injectors...
• Re: Some thoughts Mansi Speed products. Moving onto to coolant temperature possible problems or gauge readings.
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Tue, 1 Jun 2021 09:01:11 -0700
  ...or flow at all. > > Having installed a few of the GoWesty EFI with their scan gauge, the > coolant temp can be directly displayed. It...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP-water in fuel
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:37:51 -0600
  ...What's left is electrical. > > My real EFI experience is with D-Jet and K-Jet, not L-Jet but I did drag out...
• Re: Fuel Injector (or wiring) Question: Deceleration, Fuel Shutoff Mode
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:43:29 -0400
  ...Thanks for the reply. >> >>> in a waterboxer Dififant or Digijet EFI system . >>> the ECU fires all injectors at once. Sometimes called 'batch fire'. >> >> Huh...
• Need repair shop near Santa monica
  Historical mailing list - Robert MacDowell
  Sat, 1 Nov 2014 14:23:11 -0400
  ...numerous ways to do it . > > even if you keep your Digijet EFI ...it's very nice to have a > > *compete* 2.1 exhaust system...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 13:09:15 -0500
  ...They have done a great job, it's truly a modern EFI system, just like you would get with a Subaru conversion. You could...
• Re: Slight over run popping from exhaust..84 (inline VW with Digifant )
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:23:21 -0700
  ...Plus I know there are list members with other >> similar VW motors and knowledge of the Digifant EFI system. Here goes: >> >> This particular motor...
• Re: stalling problem when van is running for about 5 minutes.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 21:18:36 -0700
  ...there is an adapter harness that goes between the air flow meter and the standard main EFI harness. most 2.1 vanagons have on...
• Re: Blew the heads (both)... DIESEL
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 20 Feb 2002 21:53:22 +1200
  ...Ideal would be an EFI Toyota 1KZ 3.0 four or a 1KZ-T turbo (I have heard that THIS turbodiesel is reliable, or...
• 1.9 to 2.3 was: looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:58:08 -0400
  ...However I strongly recommend the GW EFI upgrade. Even with the mild compression increase of the 2.3L you increase the chance of pre...
• Re: Still running like crap, the saga continues
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 8 Mar 2008 12:55:52 -0800
  ...Right, so the guy's head is not totally immersed in vanagons and waterboxer EFI. Well there you go, he really would rather it...
• Re: Milestone
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:03:57 -0700
  ...Low Mile '89 that We are about to install a GoWesty EFI System on & I'm suggesting to Him that since He is putting...
• Re: Mystery starting issue 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 24 Dec 2023 11:21:44 -0700
  ...it is your van with the starting issue. >> For the GoWesty EFI set up intermittent no starts can be caused by the cam position...
• Re: Volksiebus - 88 Transporter - Rough Running Engine
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:48:57 -0800
  ...get out >> of the car , not easy at all ) .....the whole EFI harness plus the ECU, >> plus an Air Mass Meter hanging on the...
• Re: oil viscosity... best 10W60 brand / option?
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Wed, 3 Jun 2020 16:07:59 -0400
  ...These numbers seem to check out with all the GoWesty EFI conversions I've done and reading with the scan gauge. From experience with...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 20:18:51 -0700
  ...bad in the last 2 or 3 years...among >>> maybe 70 EFI vanagons. >>> One was just a couple of months ago. >>> I seriously carry...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:41:48 -0800
  ...other cars, even VW jettas with the same basic type of EFI >> don't allow this. LIke not even a minute to get injectors...
• Re: Slight over run popping from exhaust..84 (inline VW with Digifant )
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:28:27 -0700
  ...Plus I know there are list members with other similar VW motors and knowledge of the Digifant EFI system. Here goes: This particular motor...
• Re: Newbie question
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Fri, 5 May 1995 11:55:06 -0500 (CDT)
  ...etc., but 2240 De La Cruz Blvd they are Bosch authorized EFI service shop Santa Clara, CA 95050 good Bosch prices. (408) 980-1691...
• Re: Milestone
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 26 Jan 2019 15:07:01 +0000
  ...Low Mile '89 that We are about to install a GoWesty EFI System on & I'm suggesting to Him that since He is putting...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.3 was: looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:07:12 +0000
  ...However I strongly recommend the GW EFI upgrade. Even with the mild compression increase of the 2.3L you increase the chance of pre...
• Re: off with her heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 7 Nov 2013 18:35:22 -0800
  ...Every part swaps over perfectly to run either long block in either van/cooling system/EFI. I run a mix of those parts myself...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Green
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:47:14 -0500
  ...Remember back in 1990 when the Audi's with > cruise control and EFI and electronic transmissions were acting up? > No-one could explain the...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:05:17 -0700
  ...Finally the knock sensor/ EFI >Digifant system does a remarkable job of maximizing timing advance over a wide >range on temperatures and pressures (read...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:59:39 -0400
  ...Just has a Mahle > running at 211-213 according to the GoWesty EFI scan gauge. Replaced stat > same brand now at 197-200. This...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:18:56 -0700
  ...Remember back in 1990 when the Audi's with >> cruise control and EFI and electronic transmissions were acting up? >> No-one could explain the...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Oliver Mueller-Heubach
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:15:09 -0400
  ...Remember back in 1990 when the Audi's with >> cruise control and EFI and electronic transmissions were acting up? >> No-one could explain the...
• Re: Minimum spares kit. Was: Alternator Brushes Wore Out Pretty Darn Quick
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Sep 2011 20:54:18 -0700
  ...bad in the last 2 or 3 >>>> years...among >>>> maybe 70 EFI vanagons. >>>> One was just a couple of months ago. >>>> I seriously carry...
• Re: Mystery starting issue 85 auto
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 24 Dec 2023 14:01:54 -0500
  ...it is your van with the starting issue. >>> For the GoWesty EFI set up intermittent no starts can be caused by the cam position...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:15:59 -0700
  ...Just has a Mahle >> running at 211-213 according to the GoWesty EFI scan gauge. Replaced stat >> same brand now at 197-200. This...
• Re: All engines have issues...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 22 May 2010 20:03:56 -0700
  ...All engines have issues... > > >>> but a GOOD well done EFI 1.8 inline four gasser is a very decent >>> pacakge. >>> Just not overly powerful...
• another edition of the dictionary ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 04 Jan 95 16:18:08 CST
  ...generally refers to the 'computer' that controls the fuel injection system. EFI Electronic Fuel Injection. computerized metering and squirting of fuel, replacing the carburetor...
• CARB VS FUEL INJECTION
  Historical mailing list - Russell O. Gunter
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 20:53:08 EST
  ...http://www.vettenet.org/efi_ref.txt VW used AFC (a form of L jetronic) in air-cooled Vanagons from 1980-1983.5 In...
• Re: Coolant Hoses, Complete Set -- Remove and Replace
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Thu, 11 Jun 2020 12:42:49 -0400
  ...Just has a Mahle >> running at 211-213 according to the GoWesty EFI scan gauge. Replaced stat >> same brand now at 197-200. This...
• Vanagons and old things - was STRANDED in South Florida
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 13:30:46 -0600
  ...What's left is electrical. > > My real EFI experience is with D-Jet and K-Jet, not L-Jet but I did drag out...
• Re: making a little headway but need advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sat, 7 Dec 2013 13:36:34 -0800
  ...other cars, even VW jettas with the same basic type of EFI >> don't allow this. LIke not even a minute to get injectors...
• Re: To my dear brother BOZO (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Thu, 18 May 2000 12:16:25 -0700
  ...I was still saving up for my turbo EFI system and did not have a functioning motor to test Todd's tranny with. That...
• Re: Start Idle Issue
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:41:47 -0700
  ...From what I know about the efi, it has a short period (1-2 minutes) > where it runs in an open loop prior to...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:48:13 -0600
  ...Some revisions have been made by some folks with the addition of a modern turbo, wastegate, EFI and they have very nice engines with...
• RE: Vanagon Parts Stores
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 02 May 96 09:12:31 CDT
  ...etc., but 2240 De La Cruz Blvd they are Bosch authorized EFI service shop Santa Clara, CA 95050 good Bosch prices. (408) 980-1691...
• Engine and Transmission Swap BS: was Thinking Swap ...(Now Full)
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 02:33:18 EDT
  ...In modern engines (post the eighties with EFI and tight emission controls), the engine/piston/rod/ring/bearing compromise is optimized for the anticipated...
• Re: 1.9l with 23psi @ 4000 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 Jan 2012 17:38:40 -0800
  ...1 throttle body in an 85 Adventurewagon ..using 1.9 Digijet EFI, and 1.9 cooling system. I get the coolant plumbed into the...
• So what went wrong with Sharkey's "Todd Hill" tranny? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - David Raistrick
  Wed, 17 May 2000 14:18:15 -0700
  ...computer I will be using to replace my POS CB Performance EFI computer. More on that in the coming weeks. ---------------------------------------------------------------- James W. Lindsay Vancouver...
• Re: Newbie question
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 05 May 95 08:35:56 CDT
  ...87 Digifant im PKW (Digifant <EFI> in motorcars) Nr. 129 Der neue Transporter/Caravelle 1991 (The new Transporter/Caravelle 1991 <Eurovan>) Nr. 136 Volkswagen...