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• I-4 conversion timing problem
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Sun, 6 May 2001 10:11:02 -0400
  ...So everyone knows it is a 1.8L Cis-e 10:1 compresson engine from a Golf GT. Thanks, Dave K.
• 2.0 Inline Engine in a 87 Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Feb 1997 14:10:35 +0200
  ...What is the 'Air-box'? What is the 'early injection', CIS? > The tech told me that it was hard to get it slowed down...
• Re: Extended Warranty, Anybody heard of these people?
  Historical mailing list - Dieter Dworkin Muller
  Sun, 03 Dec 1995 19:06:11 -0700
  tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu wrote: : : Has anybody bought one of these, especially for a Eurovan? The company : offering it is AFI Management Comp...
• Re: Mog conversions
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:39:39 -0700
  ...cc:Mail Text Hi David, Seems you have the answers for CIS-III/knocksensor technology, we should talk offline. On Mogs and conversions. My...
• Re: auto I-4 engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Tue, 27 Jan 2004 22:23:06 -0500
  ...The engine > is an 88 Audi 1.8 and runs on CIS. I am getting ready to upgrade to a 2.0 > with Digifant...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:54:10 -0400
  ...We used to put CIS on the old Type 4 motors back in 80's. Work well. Probably wouldn't pass smog check though...
• Extended Warranty, Anybody heard of these people?
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Sun, 3 Dec 1995 15:48:09 -0500
  ...Any input would be greatly appreciated, Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu -- '93 MV
• Fuel Injectors Improvement Maintanence
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 26 Dec 1999 16:07:32 -0800
  ...I believe the question was about adding CIS. My thought was that increasing the fuel pressure would possibly be a more likely solution. I...
• FS: 71 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Tue, 19 Feb 2002 21:16:59 -0600
  ...71 Westfalia ~103,000 miles Rebuilt 1600DP New Case, Heads, Crank, and Rods Full Flow Oil Filter CIS Fuel Injection BN4 MINIMAL Rust. Just...
• Re: DEAR GOD Re: timing belt
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:04:43 -0600
  ...3-wire ISV for Digifant, but any CIS-E injection-equipped Golf, Jetta, Scirocco, Audi... and my Van... should have a 3-wire ISV...
• Re: FI to carb
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 13:28:31 -0400
  I think changing to a CIS fuel system is the way to go. Easy to fix. Many of them around from VW rabbits. If...
• re: brakes on EV and other EV stuff
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Wed, 1 Nov 1995 19:24:07 -0500
  ...Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu On Wed, 1 Nov 1995, robert barwise, LKG2-2, 508-486-5367 wrote: > $120 a set? Wow...
• Re: RECOMMENDATION
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 20 May 2000 08:38:40 EDT
  ...I have an address from a shop that sells CIS conversions on my other computer and can get it for you later if you...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:37:53 +0000
  ...I have NEVER seen a CIS-E non-Motronic injection system with a 2 wire ISV. I.E. they dont exist. Chris DeLong Fine...
• Re: My Digifant Opinion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:22:24 -0600
  ...The DigifantII is basicly the > same as the original Digifant, but with the incorporation of the CIS's > ignition control unit. This is used...
• parts for sale,
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:34:03 EDT
  ...good compression, complete with both manifolds, wiring harness, ECU, knock sensor, CIS-E III system, etc.; in short, just about everything needed to drop...
• 82 I4 rough idle
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:09:29 -0800
  following from a post last week... 1800 I4. CIS injection. Hall effect ignition. Stable idle, but rough. No apparant vacuum leaks. ( ie no change...
• Re: CA Smog Legal Conversions/Facts
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 08:43:21 -0800
  ...The > best > of these is the Audi 3A 2.0L engine (88-92) > installed with either its > CIS-E > engine and fuel management or...
• Re: '81 2.0L in '73 westy no fit?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Soule
  Fri, 3 Feb 1995 14:26:20 -0800
  ...Maybe your words of wisdom hold true with the Type IV's: "All is impermanent..." In message <01HMM7MIU6JM002NB6@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu> writes: > I...
• Re: What is SA Besto spray
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Mon, 14 Jun 2010 11:18:34 -0400
  On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 11:04 AM, william greenamyer <wgreenamyer@ciso.com>wrote: > Back in April, there was part of a post...
• Re: Vanagon and VW Rabbit
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 9 Jan 2019 13:52:03 -0800
  ...It is CIS which is a mechanical injection system. I have found > that it doesn't like to sit for long periods of time...
• Re: Digijet/Digifant Differences
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 12 May 1998 19:30:43 -0700
  ...now with CIS 3 to 4 revolutions when stone cold and 1-2 when warm. At 07:03 5/12/98 -0500, The Martins...
• lambadas??
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:22:41 -0600 (MDT)
  ...This is on an Audi, but the injection systems are pretty much the same. -- Harmon Seaver hseaver@nyx.cs.du.edu seaverh@vaxa.cis...
• Re: Fuel pressure test gauge
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 31 Mar 2007 13:49:05 -0400
  ...I think they may be saying not to use it with Bosch CIS, which I think runs at higher pressure than our Vanagons FI...
• Re: Vanagons as electric vehicles and other stuff....
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 5 May 2008 23:41:10 -0400
  ...Radtke" <wa7zpu@CISAZ.COM> writes: > The EV1, the Toyota RAV4 and the other cars that rose to the > California challenge did quite well even...
• Audi 5000s for sale
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Wed, 26 May 1999 22:18:40 -0500
  ...Somebody out there may want the engine for a conversion - it is a 2.2L 5 cylinder with CIS fuel injection. Cruise control also...
• Dirty fuel lines?
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Tue, 6 Sep 2005 08:42:45 -0700
  I've replaced the fuel tank ( and all the filters), in my '82 I4 CIS conversion but there is still a lot of dirt...
• Progress on the fuel injector mod on Audi 3A Project
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:00:45 EDT
  ...This intake manifold has its CIS injectors in the intake manifold right near the intake port, not in the head as per the VW...
• black smoke pouring out exhaust?!?!
  Historical mailing list - Bill Layton
  Sat, 18 Feb 1995 16:57:09 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Thanks for your opinion ! Bill Layton wjl@vms.cis.pitt.edu [ps-complete rebuild @ 50,000 miles 2 new head gaskets +new heads 1...
• Re: diesel engine replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 26 Oct 1996 20:55:41 -0700 (PDT)
  ...the '86 gas engine is CIS injected yes? if so you'll probably make new fuel distribution lines (depend where you locate the fuel...
• Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Sat, 1 Feb 2003 00:14:38 -0800
  The comments for and against using the vanagon fuel pump with the CIS system are interesting. Mine now seems to be working pretty well...
• intermittant cross-cylinder miss on I4 GX engine
  Historical mailing list - Matt Ratto
  Tue, 4 Feb 2003 05:56:33 -0800
  I'm having an intermittant miss on my I4 CIS injected GX engine. Cold-start, thermo-time switch are both working correctly, new rotor...
• Re: Soliciting VW Engine Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:13:12 -0800
  I don't know of anyone who swears by CIS. No one at all familiar with vanagon engine installations would suggest a transverse installation...
• Heaters part Deux
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 16:09:26 CST6CDT
  ...Any fizzle-cists out there care to interject? Would the temp increase vs ambient temp be on some sort of curve? If the heater...
• Re: intake air for cis van
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 07:24:26 -0400
  I am in the process my self of the exact same conversion. I have not picked the engine, but I am staying with an...
• Re: Residual Fuel Pressure: hold for 1 hour?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 2 Mar 2014 19:12:13 -0500
  ...As these systems do not have accumulators like the CIS systems the fuel cooling alone will let the pressure drop. However, the usual cause...
• Re: Why not CIS? RE: Images of South African van on website
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:57:47 -0800
  On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 5:57 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote: > Some would argue modern EFI is hopelessly complex You know...
• 1.8l I-4 engine complete FS
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Feb 1999 23:56:59 EST
  ...This engine has the CIS-E injection system (allowing for higher compression) and also has a four to two exhaust manifold. I will sell...
• AFM
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Sat, 1 May 1999 12:16:56 -0400
  ...Not quite what I wanted, so it is in the process of being converted to CIS. So, having offered these for sale previously, I...
• Digitool wannabes - I have twelve 35 pin ECU connectors for sale!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 29 Apr 2001 19:41:35 -0700
  ...Their original function in life was in a 1985 to 1988 CIS-E Golf or Jetta. Let me know if anyone is interested. Thank...
• Re: Sticker has copyrights?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sun, 23 Sep 2001 16:53:59 EDT
  ...ship it to you for less? As the copyright, IIRC Raul Cisneros from New York was the guy who came up with the winning...
• I-4 rough idle
  Historical mailing list - MacLachlan, Bill
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 08:19:13 -0800
  ...The motor is an 1800 I-4,CIS. 50 degree new rotor, dist cap, leads and plugs. the idle is rough and tends to...
• Re: Crasy 2.6 l 5 Cyl. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Detlev Hanschke
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 23:44:52 EDT
  ...Sowohl CIS - E und CIS - E III. Wir werden sehen was heraus kommt . VW hat den Hubraum von 2.5L vergr��ert, um die...
• Re: Sticker has copyrights?
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:09:05 EDT
  ...Raul Cisneros
• Re: 5-cylinder conversion mail list (1)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Nov 1998 17:42:14 -0800
  ...My favorite is CIS due to it simplicity. The CIS-III system in my 87 Audi 5000 ( 2.3L 130hp 140 torque ) is just...
• Re: Vanagon Stiker Vote Results & New Page
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 16:39:12 +1000
  ...They >> > will advance to the final round. >> > >> > Raul Cisneros #6: (13) >> > Debi Tippets #1: (10) >> > Ray Nemo #1: (10) >> > Mark Sheflo #1: (9) >> > Alistair...
• Re: sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Thu, 1 May 2008 22:43:58 -0400
  ...sad engine fire victim, 88 Wolfy I'll chime in with the rest as I recently had the opportunity to replace the CIS lines...
• Re: Engine Interrupted. Any Ideas, Please?
  Historical mailing list - Pat Sloan
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:56:52 -0800
  It's a fuel injected CIS engine - installed years before I bought it No black smoke from tail pipe Not sure what you mean...
• Re: Cargo Hauls
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Sat, 14 Oct 1995 14:38:17 -0400
  ...Oh yeah, and the heads has never leaked! Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu On Sat, 14 Oct 1995, sstones wrote: > > I also...
• Re: Tires: 185 or 205's?
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 09 Jun 1997 10:38:25
  ...D rating >which would be a rougher ride, I think? >-Raul Cisneros >'86 Syncro GL >'86 Scirocco > > Raul, The Yokohama Y370 is being discontinued...
• Re: CA Smog Legal Conversions/Facts
  Historical mailing list - Eric Unrau
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 22:38:45 -0800
  ...The fuel system is far simpler than the CIS group. The last of these would be the 1.8L 8V CIS engines for reasons...
• Re: VW Camper Magazine Subscription Troubles!
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Wed, 30 May 2001 15:44:12 EDT
  ...Raul Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy
• Re: Inline 4 Recommendation
  Historical mailing list - Mark Cumnock
  Mon, 1 Mar 2004 22:41:15 -0500
  ...So trouble shooting is alot easier than a CIS . Darrell was a HUGE help. The same trouble shooting works as trouble shooting a WBX...
• Re: Need Alloy Lug Nuts/NAPA
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 08:36:46 -0700
  ...Raul Cisneros <Merrag@AOL.COM> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 8:24 AM Subject: Re...
• Opinions on Auto trannys
  Historical mailing list - Merrag
  Sat, 28 Mar 1998 21:51:29 EST
  ...Thanks, Raul Cisneros 86 Syncro GL
• Re: CA Smog Legal Conversions/Facts
  Historical mailing list - eric unrau
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 12:02:56 -0500
  ...The > > best > > of these is the Audi 3A 2.0L engine (88-92) > > installed with either its > > CIS-E > > engine and fuel management or...
• Re: Images of South African van on website
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:30:29 -0800
  ...So is the engine lid higher to accomodate the CIS plumbing? It looks like the engine itself is mounted at 50*. Is it? Is...
• Re: VANAGON digest 674
  Historical mailing list - Trace Choulat
  Sat, 4 Nov 1995 09:17:40 -0500
  ...Trace Choulat tchoul@unf6.cis.unf.edu -- '93 MV On Fri, 3 Nov 1995, william killian wrote: > > and how will they do an MV...
• Re: diesel-gas conversion problems solved! (mostly)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 23:10:02 -0500
  ...What system pressures did you find with a CIS system and a vanagon fuel pump? Is there residual pressure? Mine drops immediately to zero...
• Re: tire pressure/My favorite tire gauge
  Historical mailing list - Raul Cisneros
  Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:00:22 EDT
  ...Ra�l Cisneros 87 Syncro Westy 86 Syncro GL 87 Syncro GL (parts) 997 Subaru Outback 89 Saab 900 (wifes)