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  • Re: Cheap way to clean rusty gas tank
    Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
    Mon, 21 Aug 2000 07:44:22 -0400
    ...Pulled the injectors(CIS), did a spray pattern check. Two > spraying off at weird angles, the other two nothing. Pulled the fuel sender > to...
  • Re: Vanagon exhaust gaskets for 84GL Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Sat, 25 Sep 2010 20:57:44 +0000
    ...Scott www.turbovans.com<http://www.turbovans.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Greenamyer" <wgreenamyer@CISO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, September...
  • It's Friday - FYA
    Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
    Fri, 6 Mar 1998 07:03:21 -0500
    ...7025 Kit Creek Road PO Box 14987 Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709 fty@cisco.com voice (919)472-2101 FAX (919)472-2940
  • Re: Fast German Auto chip--let's test it!
    Historical mailing list - EMZ
    Sat, 15 Jan 2000 00:36:27 -0500
    ...meter the > differential air, hmmm? > > Too bad wasserboxers doen't use CIS, which has tremendous headroom for > tuning. > > Marshall Ruskin > 84 Westy > > > >How is...
  • Aircooled Westy 0-60
    Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
    Thu, 3 Oct 2002 16:31:00 -0400
    ...Next motor will be a Jake Raby 94 x 78 with bigger valves and CIS... the Vanagon needs less bore, and more stroke for...
  • Re: Diesel to Gasoline Conversion?
    Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
    Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:13:07 EDT
    ...taken from a 1987 VW Jetta - the water cooled, fuel injected CIS engine) will that set up be easy or difficult for a mechanic...
  • I should introduce myself, as I used to work for Eurospec (Overland Parts)...
    Historical mailing list - David Utley
    Fri, 21 Jan 2000 22:38:56 EST
    ...has an 85 GTi engine in it, which is CIS-E instead of CIS. It is a higher compression engine, and puts out 105...
  • Re: Found Vanagon With Porsche Engine
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Tue, 11 Dec 2001 18:51:49 EST
    ...Mostly CIS injected unless it's been converted. BTW, the T engines had cast iron cylinders vs nikasil (or other alloys) for the E...
  • the never-ending engine conversion
    Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
    Mon, 20 Jan 2003 16:01:45 -0800
    Via a series of incremental changes, I've gotten to the point where my vanagon conversion (1.8 CIS Golf motor) actually runs! I...
  • Re: info needed on crancase ventilation systems (mostly I4)
    Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
    Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:50:26 -0500
    ...The larger problem is which system should be considered 'original' anyhow? I'm using an Audi engine run by NOT it's stock CIS...
  • Running problems
    Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
    Sun, 8 Jul 2001 17:56:27 EDT
    ...Being more a CIS-type guy, diagnosing this type of system is slightly foreign to me. I can, however, attribute some of the rich...
  • Re: loss of ooomph
    Historical mailing list - Jessup Coffin
    Sat, 23 Aug 2003 13:32:42 -0400
    Riiiiight, the fuel injection system, a little thing to forget right? It's a CIS system, simplest one. Jessup & bridget >From: "MacLachlan, Bill" <Bill...
  • Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Wed, 29 Jul 1998 14:50:03 EDT
    ...It installed quite easily compared to the CIS routing nightmare. It has proved extremely reliable, highly efficient (I range from 18 to 22 mpg...
  • Re: Haynes Manual - Group Purchase
    Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
    Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:42:19 -0800
    ...merlin@mail.islandnet.com> Steve Miller 27. <Merrag@aol.com> Raul Cisneros 28. <mmilby@interpath.com> Mark MIlby 29. <mmoguls@mail.hooked.net> Dan...
  • Re: Are Vanagons more fire oriented than any other old car?
    Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
    Thu, 14 Jan 1999 21:50:42 -0800
    ...risk, except > for (sometimes) those that don't use rubber hoses. > > CIS injection systems typically have plastic lines that get brittle with > age, and...
  • Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 6 May 2001 23:33:36 -0700
    For Volkswagen, the first knock sensor was in the 1985 GTI CIS-E system. Small - 'nit pickey' correction on your explanation of a knock...
  • Re: Conversion? JETTA ENGINE??
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:30:57 -0800
    ...Digifant EMS, which I think is less trouble than CIS (your 87 is probably CIS?) and uses many of the very same parts as...
  • Re: interference engines.....was Re: How much would this cost
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
    Thu, 12 Jan 2006 21:32:35 -0500
    16 valves interference 8 valve cis non interference 8 valve digifant non interference 8 valve ABA motronic non interference 8 valve AEG interference (introduced...
  • Fwd: how much interest IS there in the 5cyl conversion???
    Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
    Thu, 14 Jan 1999 09:25:21 +0100
    ...I got the engine (WC code, no turbo, no cat, CIS, built in '82) with 200.000 km on the clock, very much, I...
  • Re: Digifant II quirky issue. 3000 RPM rev limit?
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Thu, 11 May 2017 10:16:49 -0700
    ...Not sure how it >> works, but certain CIS injected Golfs and Foxes circa '85 - '87 had a FP >> relay that cut off the fun...
  • Re: Side Mirror Surfaces
    Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
    Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:33:58 -0700
    ...Radtke <wa7zpu@cisaz.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I finally had to replace my side mirrors on my vanagon and I did so with > convex on...
  • Re: <VV> Re: [oletrucks] General Sway bar question
    Historical mailing list - Dr. Robert Hill
    Mon, 19 Feb 2001 15:48:11 -0600
    ...5944649 > > '78 VW Westfalia (maybe some CIS injection,Corvair, turbos --- maybe I'm > just dreaming.....) > '65 Beetle (Type IV powered) > '99 CR-V 5...
  • Re: Spare Tire Goes Flat
    Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
    Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:33:44 -0600
    ...Radtke <wa7zpu@cisaz.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I was filling and checking my tires today and I was surprised to find > the spare flat. > > My...
  • Re: 1.9 aux air valve
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:14:22 -0400
    ...also one on my wife's 85 cabriolet; that one has >> CIS fuel injection. I am pretty sure it was also used on >> other...
  • Re: Vapor lock? Static electricity? Help!
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
    Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:40:16 -0700
    ...Collins, < I went to CSU for 3 years a lifetime or two ago ) first....which fuel injection system does it have ? CIS ( metal braded...
  • Re: Wanted: Factory(?) Dual Carb setup for '81 2.0 + FI system FT/S
    Historical mailing list - ok artguy
    Fri, 29 Nov 2002 21:46:27 -0600
    ...In my case, I've already got the CIS-E setup on my 16V Scirocco autoX car to tinker with if I want to...
  • Re: Mexico Vanagon honeymoon
    Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
    Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:16:59 -0700
    ...http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_4755.html Congrats, Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon...
  • Change the Stats Joel: GTI Westy Replaces Syncro Westy :-)
    Historical mailing list - Erik O
    Mon, 11 Aug 1997 18:44:36 -0400
    ...The intake and fuel system is from an 80 rabbit (CIS) and the exhaust is strictly diesel. It passed EPA inspection after the conversion...
  • Census
    Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
    Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:22:24 -0400
    ...Currently drive a 82 Vanagon Diesel L that I converted to a 1.8L Cis-e injected Golf GT engine. Which I desperatedly want...
  • Re: white clouds out of the exhaust
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:10 -0700
    ...1800cc.CIS injection. Same as the one that was in there. > > Since I picked the van up early summer I've put just over...
  • Re: Vanagon exhaust gaskets for 84GL Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - B Feddish
    Sat, 25 Sep 2010 17:16:58 -0400
    ...com<http://www.turbovans.com> > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William Greenamyer" <wgreenamyer@CISO.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 7...
  • Re: Is there a such thing as a POD mountable DIGITAL voltmeter?
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Tue, 16 May 2000 22:59:42 -0700
    ...be too be over kill for my Westfalia - there is only CIS >>installed in there, no computer to monitor! >> >>At 07:23 AM 15...
  • CIS help long
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 15 May 1996 21:15:53 -0500
    >Hi Volks, Its me again, more damn CIS problems with my Vanagon. > I need some help with my 83 GTI Motor that is installed...
  • Re: fuel-injection runs really rich in my 81 2.0 vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Beth Young
    Sat, 11 Jan 1997 07:00:46 -0800 (PST)
    ...I am trying champion 302's (hotter plug) and > it is o.k... > Is there a way to adjust richness like cis-e injection...
  • Re: your mail
    Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
    Wed, 18 Oct 1995 12:00:25 -0400
    ...Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu -- '93 MV On Wed, 18 Oct 1995, John Nyquist wrote: > Has anyone tried the franchise shops like...
  • Smooth new Syncro tranny
    Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
    Mon, 23 Nov 1998 22:56:52 EST
    ...I can�t wait for some decent snow fall around here this winter. -Raul Cisneros 86 Smooth Syncro GL 87 not as smooth, Syncro...
  • Fwd: More Q's re Diesel to Gas Conversion???
    Historical mailing list - Michael Avrea
    Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:10:39 EST
    ...As for engines, I have a 1986-7 1.8L engine with CIS-E injection. If I were doing it again, I would get...
  • Re: NEED GAS TANK
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:36:51 -0700
    ...It > is a major nightmare on some of the CIS cars. True, but as you say, not on Vanagons Virtually every fuel injected Bus...
  • Re: Frozen engine
    Historical mailing list - neil N
    Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:03:15 -0800
    ...I spent time here and time there trying to figure it out. > Finally, I gave up on the CIS system that was so hacked...
  • Re: Help!! in big trouble with Jetta GLi ignition system
    Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
    Sun, 17 Mar 2002 10:59:32 -0800
    ...The Haynes VW Rabbit 1975-1992 Golf,Jetta,Scirocco, and pick up repair manual covers this engine- system is called CIS-E. Robert 1982...
  • Re: Spare Tire Goes Flat
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 13 Sep 2010 19:21:28 -0700
    ...Radtke" <wa7zpu@CISAZ.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 6:48 PM Subject: Spare Tire Goes Flat > Hello, > > I...
  • Re: Other engine conversion options?<F>
    Historical mailing list - Hans Achter
    Fri, 7 Jan 2005 18:50:18 -0500
    ...Vanagon GL Subaru 2.2 turbo > 1982 Vanagon GL 1.8 CIS-E inline-4 VW > 1988 Wolfy now parts van > 1984 Vanagon GL...
  • Re: I-4 conversion begins
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 7 May 2001 22:19:20 -0700
    The GX engine makes about 85 hp and it is CIS fuel injection - a pretty simple system to wire up if you have the...
  • Re: Frozen engine
    Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
    Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:31:10 -0500
    ...I spent time here and time there trying to figure it out. > Finally, I gave up on the CIS system that was so hacked...
  • A new Adventure on the way to the Audi 2.0 Turbo - or pulling gears
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Sat, 7 Jul 2001 00:32:31 EDT
    ...The Audi 3A engines (despite the erroneous notation on the EKTA) use a non-advancing distributor (knock sensor controlled ignition as per the CIS...
  • Re: Engine Conversion and MPG
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 23 Jul 2000 23:09:13 -0700
    ...Timing 3 BTDC at idle, 28 BTDC at 4500 RPM Injection CIS Compression Ratio 10:1 Engine speed 110 to 115 km/h Tires...
  • Re: Intermittent Starting problem
    Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
    Mon, 5 Mar 2001 10:40:26 -0500
    ...Hall > 2041 College Road > Columbus, Ohio 43210-1178 > 614-292-7416 > 614-688-4949 (fax) > armitage.1@osu.edu > www.cism.ohio-state.edu >
  • Re: Wheel studs, Passat wheels.
    Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
    Mon, 23 Aug 1999 10:46:01 -0700
    At 1:18 PM -0400 8/23/99, Raul Cisneros wrote: >In a message dated 8/23/99 4:09:27 PM, Mike.Ray...
  • Re: What is SA Besto spray
    Historical mailing list - Jack R.
    Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:05:48 -0400
    ...tim in san jose On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:04 AM, william greenamyer <wgreenamyer@ciso.com> wrote: > Back in April, there was...
  • Re: Cheap way to clean rusty gas tank
    Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
    Mon, 21 Aug 2000 08:09:30 -0000
    ...Pulled the injectors(CIS), did a spray pattern > check. Two > > spraying off at weird angles, the other two nothing. Pulled the fuel > sender > > to...
  • Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:26:41 -0800
    ...For example, one former Vanagon I owned was a former diesel with CIS I-4 motor at 50 degrees. Extension was accomplished by use...
  • Re: Considering I4 swap: 1.8 89 Golf vs. 1.8 VW Fox (90?)
    Historical mailing list - Garth Woolstenhulme
    Sat, 28 Jul 2001 13:07:30 -0700
    ...I took off the carb and put on a CIS-fuel injection system from a 86 Golf. The van now belongs to a friend...
  • Re: What kind of sliding window is not a vanagon window but looks a whole heck of a lot like one?
    Historical mailing list - Mike South
    Thu, 1 Jan 2015 10:26:44 -0600
    ...to give you an idea of relative size: > > > > > > http://imgur.com/cisocY1 > > > > > > I bought the smaller one through the samba classifieds. > > > > > > I'm going...
  • Re: Eurospec Conversion MORE INFO!!!!
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Wed, 29 Jul 1998 07:42:04 -0700
    ...Then install CIS-E or Motronic system instead. It is too bad that they didn't design an Audi 5 cylinder conversion kit. Now...
  • Re: I-4 conversion timing problem
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sun, 6 May 2001 12:08:34 -0700
    ...So everyone knows it is a 1.8L Cis-e 10:1 compresson engine from a Golf GT. Thanks, Dave K.
  • Re: To waterboxer or not to waterboxer
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 3 Jan 2000 18:02:20 -0800
    ...You would need a CIS based distributor from something like an 81 thru 84 Rabbit that has a vacuum advance. I would suggest getting...
  • Re: #1 firing position on 009? (2.0 l FI)
    Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
    Mon, 20 Nov 1995 11:01:42 -0500
    ...I'd try it. > > -- > Harmon Seaver > hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu > seaverh@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu > hseaver@csd.uwm.edu > > All is impermanent, but...
  • Re: Eurospec problem
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:55:17 -0700
    ...One difference though is that my > FI is CIS-E and yours I believe is pulsed. My poor starts do clear up > rather quickly...
  • Re: Shade tree wiring of a cold start valve on a 2.1?
    Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
    Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:59:14 -0600
    ...wrote: >My recollection of the Cold Start injector on the CIS and CIS-E cars that >I had was that it only fired while...
  • Re: Strange messages-- infected file
    Historical mailing list - tom ring
    Wed, 24 Sep 2003 20:25:00 -0600
    ...You have no idea how much effort is put into biulding cisco ACLs (access control lists), and PIX firewall lists, and more, to keep...