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• Re: inline 4 vs Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim
  Wed, 16 Jun 2021 10:43:27 -0700
  ...Re: [VANAGON] inline 4 vs Subaru conversion > We have an ABA conversion with 1.8 heads and Digifant II in two of our Vanagons...
• Re: Removing stuck O2 sensor
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 2 Feb 2015 18:16:34 -0600
  ...If that is a recommendation for digifant, then so be it. mcneely ---- Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > I attended a VW campout recently...
• FI harness help needed
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:57:28 -0400
  ...My vanagon is an 87 running original digifant FI and 2.1 cooling system on a 1.9L block. My Bentley tells me the...
• Re: cold start problems??
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Fri, 16 Oct 1998 17:18:59 -0600
  ...normal. >> >> Anyone got any ideas? >> >> oh, he's got a 1986 digifant, 2.1 liter. >> >> Ch >> '89 SyncroBeast Vanagon >> '87 16V GTI >> '80 850...
• Re: Digitool diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 07:51:36 -0800
  ...of Digitool connectors, one set up for Digijet and > one for Digifant. Using it would be like falling off a log, except for > making...
• Re: full throttle switch boost?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:31:24 -0500
  ...time I > > >>checked) special tool for checking the timing on your Digifant > Vanagon. > > >>That > > >>is if the dealer even has special tool number 1367...
• higher octane higher burn temperature
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 28 Dec 2001 21:31:47 -0800
  ...As far as I know (and I may be wrong on this) Vanagon engines with digifant do not have the capability to make use...
• Trip Mileage Report Audi 2.0 litre conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Sat, 21 May 2005 20:24:46 -0400
  ...can probably tweak the mileage a bit more by adjusting the digifant AFM spring tension (the CO adjustment is already at full lean). Disconnected...
• My exhaust smells good now...What I have learned about tuning Digifant...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 13 Mar 2000 20:30:34 EST
  I have finally passed NC emissions. It took three attempts. The first time I had the Fuel pressure at 39 high @30-32. I...
• Re: Gas Mileage and Fuel Pressure Regulator
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 11 May 2001 13:03:10 -0500
  ...Sorry for any confusion. > > > To add to the discussion regarding Temp I function on the Digifant > system during my original post: > > > The information I...
• Re: Who is Mike Miller???......
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:42:38 -0700
  ...I thought I'd >> gotten >> comfortable with the list jargon --- ECU, Digifant, Digijet, Digiwife ---- >> and >> now I am bemused by this new term. Is...
• Was:Longevity/How many Eurospecs left on the list?
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 14:02:35 +0000
  ...an 1800 8v, Digifant, with 20k miles on it. > >Now the van has around 195K miles, so the engine has pushed the brick for...
• Re: Alternator questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 21:19:25 -0500
  ...Alternator questions Inline Vw motor, digifant electronics. Same alternator as Vanagon, etc. This alternator is about 4 yrs old now, sourced from Van Cafe...
• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:41:10 -0500
  ...The fuel system is Digifant. >> >> The throttle body lays transverse over the engine. From the Right hand >> side of the firewall, through a hole...
• Re: High Idle on 87
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 22 May 1997 06:44:40 -0400
  ...High Idle on 87 > >>High Idle on 87 2.1 l Digifant >>I did some more trouble shooting today. I checked the throttle return...
• Re: how to look at archives?
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 1 Jan 1997 16:45:14 -0600 (CST)
  ...at > this time i have a 86 gl 2100cc digifant set up and ive played with this > and know what it has.but i...
• hesitation troubleshooting--re previous post by Steve Cotsford
  Historical mailing list - Seth Bruggeman
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 13:16:47 -0800
  ...Refer to harness checks in the microfiche or the Digifant I & II ProTraining manual, pages 40-43. Does this mean that the connector should...
• `87 Westy for sale...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:34:55 -0600
  ...Sought-after `87up light gray interior scheme 2.1l FI digifant motor w/ 4 speed 15" Audi steel wheels Roof repainted w/ marine grade...
• Re: New engine, was Re: Ecu fix addendum
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Apr 2020 11:48:52 -0700
  ...I've seen the 2.3L running the original Digifant and then changed to the GW EFI. The difference has surprised me. > > Yes this...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 15:25:29 -0400
  ...Oh yeah, still havent seen any pic of the infamous (I >>>>>>presume, non-existent) 3-wire Digifant idle stabilizer. And no, dont >>>>>>even ask...
• Re: 84 Westy ECU woes & JC Whitney
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:33:50 -0500
  ...I bought a digifant ecu for $65 last year while junkyarding in SLO (California central coast). Sometimes we get lucky. I have also bought...
• Re: : Re: Tag an SUV today
  Historical mailing list - Frederick M. Wasserstein
  Wed, 27 Dec 2000 12:36:33 -0600
  ...By today's standards (OBD II), > > digifant/digijet is very dirty. Modern vehicles pollute much less than > > vehicles of 15 years ago. The vanagon...
• Oil fill plug stripped
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 30 May 2001 09:07:40 -0300
  ...The L-jet + lambda for 2.0l aircooleds is there, and the 2.1l wasser's digifant is too, but not the digijet. Tim
• Re: Conclusion on 235/75-15s--Thumbs Down on 4th
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 22:47:45 EST
  ...The switch to the '90 8V Digifant engine was astounding. Running the original 185 SR - 14 tires and the DZ diesel transmission with 5...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:05:21 -0700
  ...For fuel injection > system > > > you > > > > can use CIS, CIS-E, DIgifant 2, Motronic. > > > > > > > > I find Digifant 2 the esiest fuel > injection. > > > > ('88-'92 Golf...
• Another question about O2 sensors..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 29 Jul 2014 20:45:06 -0700
  Mine was recently found to be shorting or something...essentially inoperative, but sending a 'wrong' signal that caused my Digifant 92 jetta motored 84...
• 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
  ...Different Digifant brains (different terminals were used), different mounts than the Diesel ( I believe they had to be altered slightly), on and on. It...
• Re: Vanagon fuel injector cleaning
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Jul 2013 10:28:51 -0700
  ...closed (1 or 2 drops in a certain period of time. Digifant pro manual and maybe Bentley spec this), and the injector opens and...
• Re: Megasquirt on Waterboxer?
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 11:59:13 -0800
  ...wise is getting iffy, and as I've long sold my Digifant spares in one of my > "I'm never going to own another...
• Re: Behr AC manual
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:05:08 -0700
  ...I also have the Digifant >> and Digijet Training factory manuals in PDF form. >> >> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Raimund Feussner...
• Re: 1.8t motor confirm my suspicions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 1 Jun 2017 18:31:10 -0700
  ...a couple of used motors in the shop, old 1.8 digifant and a 2.0 aba (also have a 2.5 subie core...
• Re: Surging engine
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:29:13 -0400
  ...Or one could go with Digifant2, simple hookup with about 6 wires to splice. Probably even easier to integrate considering all those extra fuel...
• Fwd: 2.5 Litre Big Motors From Brian
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 11:28:29 -0400
  ...No problem! > > >Bosch Digifant injection system i believe, it has to be "retuned" to > meet the > >bigger engines mixture-needs, BAS doesn't do...
• Re: Question about ignition timing..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:29:59 -0700
  ...92 digifant 1.8 liter heads onto a 94 Jetta ABA 2.0 > liter > block. Keeping the 1.8 head will raise my compression...
• Re: ECU: burned parts. PICS (Jetta Engine in Vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Jon VonOhlsen
  Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:47:12 -0600
  Couple of Digifant schematics, not complete internally, but may help. Might try ecudoctors.com.... Jon On 9/14/2014 4:09 AM, Roy Nicholl...
• Re: Jetta Conversion Observations
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:40:29 -0800
  ...stock ABA 2 liter block and 1.8 liter head, with Digifant brain.� Advertised numbers are 115 hp @ 5400 rpm and 122 lb/ft...
• Re: fuel cutout
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:43:58 -0800
  ...If not, > likely it's running Digifant of some kind. If so, FWIW, the Haynes VW > Rabbit '75-'92 manual is pretty useful and...
• Re: 025 906 021 C 1.9 ECU question
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:11:11 -0400
  ...Any Vanagon 022 ECU will work in a 2.1l Vanagon digifant. > >> Believe me I have tried every combination you can imagine over the...
• Re: '86 Westy Oil light flickers briefly...other basic ?'s
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 08:57:05 -0600
  ...They've got rev limiters too, abeit a little cruder than the > integrated digifant ones. I don't think ANYONE was using "stretch bolts...
• Re: K&N Cone filters Cold Air Intake for vanagon-eliminate factory airbox
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Sat, 25 Dec 2004 16:53:28 -0500
  ...I am building a digifant2 VW and needed this mod, since the factory airbox wont fit my application. I got all excited after reading...
• Re: Throttle stop switch? Stumbles on resume throttle..
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 10 Mar 2013 15:13:44 -0700
  ...Hopefully your version of Digifant has a switch that's easier to set than the WBX 2.1 That thing is kind of a...
• Re: Digifant 21. MV High Fuel Consumption
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 18 May 2009 22:18:13 -0700
  --- On Mon, 5/18/09, Dave Arthur <dave.arthur@NSCC.CA> wrote: > > For 183 km I burned 24.5 litres 13.3 litres/100km...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 2 May 2008 12:58:32 -0400
  ...I just ordered one to go onto the 92 Digifant II Cabriolet motor that powers my 84 5 speed. Only thing is, while on...
• Re: Behr AC manual
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:55:37 +0200
  ...I also have the > Digifant > and Digijet Training factory manuals in PDF form. > > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Raimund Feussner...
• Re: Actual Vanagon content!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:50:45 +0000
  1.9l=digijet injection 2.1l=digifant injection wont work Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.427.4777 www.finetuningperformance.com Seattle, WA USA >From...
• Vanagon Models, 1990 - USA
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 10 Sep 1996 13:08:03 -0400
  ...Drivetrain 2.1 liter water-cooled horizontally opposed engine Digifant electronic fuel injection 90HP @ 4800RPM (SAE net), 117FtLbs @ 3200RPM 4 speed manual transmission Rear...
• Re: question about thermostat ... or not
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:38:28 -0800
  ...thermostat >> in place on a 1984 vanagon >> with a 2.1 digifant replacement engine (2005) with less than 1000 miles on >> it ... >> >> benny boy...
• Running problems
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Sun, 8 Jul 2001 17:56:27 EDT
  ...The fuel system appears very similar to Digifant, but if I recall correctly, is slightly different, and is called something else. Being more a...
• Re: Power of a 2.0L Air cooled vs 2.1L???
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 18:40:48 -0500
  ...not pass the emissions tests, so I went back to the Digifant.<<<< That, i have to try myself! I also don't have to...
• Intermittent smoke after stop signal wait...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 19 Oct 2013 09:21:58 -0700
  ...nasty grey cloud of smoke from the exhaust of my 84. Digifant EMS on an inline VW motor. I am guessing it may be...
• Re: 88 digifant O2 readings off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 4 Jul 2006 14:18:55 -0400
  At 12:33 PM 7/4/2006 -0400, Matt Sutton wrote: > Temp sensor disconnected after start up OK, so you're telling the ECU...
• Re: Low Temp Radiator Thermo Switch "Better"?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 24 May 2012 18:20:17 -0700
  ...Found a used one with 35K km's on it > just recently along with a few other 2.1 Digifant parts. > > The rad currently...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:56:52 -0800
  ...Any Ideas, Please? can you tell us more about the motor? CIS or Digifant, guessing the former... does it bog down? black smoke from...
• Re: '90 Vanagon Carat "cut out" problem
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sat, 25 Mar 2000 19:00:07 -0600
  ...any materials >other than the Bentley book that I could get on Digifant systems. >Any suggestions or info would be greatly appreciated >Amy S. >
• Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratioupdate
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 22:55:38 -0600
  ...It would be very cool if the DigiFant ECU could identify the leanest cylinder, then use it to set the mixture for operation of...
• Re: New Engine Needed
  Historical mailing list - joseph Trussell
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:51:43 -0600
  ...not > necessarily cheapest) way. > 1) Closed loop engine management system. > 2) Digifant or better fuel injection system > 3) Stock tach and gauges work > 4...
• Re: It's time to hit that idle Stabilizer on the head!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 3 Sep 2007 22:33:14 -0700
  ...I'm actually surprised they didn't just include this function in the Digifant. It would have been so easy. I think there was...
• Re: fuel pump relief valve?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Payne
  Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:17:54 -0400
  ...It's an excellent book, very clearly written, covers pulsed and continuous FI systems, including the Digifant system. The 'Pulsed Injection--Theory' section has...
• Re: '82 diesel 1.8 conversion
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 19 Aug 2007 17:08:12 -0700
  ...For fuel injection > system > > > you > > > > can use CIS, CIS-E, DIgifant 2, Motronic. > > > > > > > > I find Digifant 2 the esiest fuel > injection. > > > > ('88-'92 Golf...
• '87 w/ surging idle
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Thu, 15 Mar 2001 15:31:50 -0500
  ...detail but little of the working principles of the injection system. (Digifant, if I'm reading it right.) But because there is an "idle...