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• Re: My Digifant Opinion
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 12:44:18 -0400
  > >The problem with the Digifant is that VW tried to intergrade the >ignition system with the injection system. So if you have a problem...
• Re: My Digifant Opinion
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 11:22:24 -0600
  ...Bentley for Jetta says: "The Digifant I engine management system is a further development of the Digifant II engine management system. Digifant I is...
• My Digifant Opinion
  Historical mailing list - J Frank Hammontree
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 00:36:19 -0400
  ...stick with Digifant, > 89 or newer. It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother > than the CIS cars. Just to...
• Digifant and Digifant II
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grindol
  Fri, 14 May 1999 18:21:04 EDT
  I understand that my 87 has Digifant FI management system and I have found that Bentley offers a repair manual that describes Digifant II...
• Re: Digifant and Digifant II
  Historical mailing list - Dave Bayer
  Fri, 14 May 1999 14:19:47 -0700
  Stephen Grindol wrote: > > I understand that my 87 has Digifant FI management system and I have found > that Bentley offers a repair manual that...
• Hand-held tach use with Digifant
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 23:23:53 -0400
  ...The Digifant system has a unique primary ignition circuit control perhaps similar to the old capacitive discharge systems. While powerful and efficient for ignition...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 06:38:12 -0700
  ...Why VW later confused things by calling the latest most complicated version of the inline system Digifant I is a mystery to me. Mark...
• Re: My Digifant Opinion
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Sun, 26 Apr 1998 22:44:14 -0700
  ...stick with Digifant, > > 89 or newer. It's a very simple fuel injection system and they run smoother > > than the CIS cars. > > Just to...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 02:00:18 +0000
  ...After that(86-91 MY),a later system called Digifant was used. The Digifant system ignition distributor has no vacuum devices or any moving...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Jan 1997 17:42:10 -0800
  ...on the 2.1 Digifant engines? I know the Digifant II is based on Bosch's Motronic FI system and one of the Motronics...
• Re: terminology
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 1 Feb 2000 16:49:04 EST
  ...Both are pulsed fuel injection systems with the Digifant incorporating more engine controls than the older Digijet. Can anybody tell I got hold of...
• Re: Digifant component comparison between Jetta and Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:45:48 -0500
  FWIW, I put a 2.1 engine into my '85 Westy keeping the Digijet system. However, I'm using a 2.1 (Digifant) air...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:46:20 -0700
  ...I believe the Digifant I system was used for the California cars in 1991, and 1992. rob a.k.a. old kayaker 1987 Wolfsburg...
• Digifant II in a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:41:04 -0400
  Anyone think of installing a VW Jetat/Golf Digifant II fuel system into a Vanagon. There is little difference in these systems. The advantage...
• Re: purchase advice sought
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:36:14 -0500
  ...The 2.1 Digifant uses a "hot wire" airflow >monitoring system. Outside of better accuracy for pollution control I >see no real advantage, and...
• Re: digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:17:29 -0400
  ...It uses the idle stabilization system found in Digifant 2.1l WBX. 2009/10/31, Mark <mbrush@gmail.com>: > this is a quick softball...
• digifant/ digijet? little vanagon content me thinks
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 22 Mar 2002 19:55:46 EST
  ...The Digifant I has an engine monitoring system that registers faults in the FI system that can be read on a special VW computer...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:38:44 -0700
  ...http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digifant_Engine_Management_system "History Digifant was introduced in 1986 on the 2.1 litre Volkswagen Type 2...
• Re: Digifant II... ?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 20:14:31 -0800
  ...Bentley says it has the Digifant II fuel injection system... How similar is the Vanagon system Digifant F/I to what's in this...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:27:15 -0700
  ...titled "Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems" and has 3 chapters (tabs in book) for A.F.C., Dijijet, Digifant. If anybody needs Dijijet or...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:04:43 -0400
  ...I believe the Digifant I system was used for the >California cars in 1991, and 1992. Well, that's definitive. Thanks, Robert. Sorry, volks...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 02:34:42 +0000
  ...Or maybe your understanding of the Digifant injection system is not the same as the rest of the worlds definition of the Digifant system...
• Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 12 Jun 2012 19:11:47 -0700
  ...As if that valve was controlled by the ECU in Vanagon in our Digifant systems. It's not mainly of course.. but rather by...
• Re: weird problem w/ poor 85 Westy gas
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 14 Jan 1997 07:00:35 +0000
  > Is there knock sensor on the 2.1 Digifant engines? I know the > Digifant II is based on Bosch's Motronic FI system and...
• Re: Hand-held tach use with Digifant
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 22 Jul 2000 21:46:37 EDT
  ...While >powerful >and efficient for ignition performance, the Digifant system dynamics >are >such that conventional hand-held tachometers cannot read the RPM >correctly. This...
• Digijet/Digifant Differences
  Historical mailing list - The Martins
  Tue, 12 May 1998 07:03:52 -0500
  ...Is this normal for this system, or is there improvements that I can make ? Also is it necessary for the Digifant crank breather to...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 14:56:36 -0400
  ...Bill -------------------------- Chris, Are you saying the the 1990-1991 Vanagon has a 3 wire ISV like the Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system? The only...
• Re: Digifant II... ?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:48:34 -0800
  ...Bentley says it has the Digifant II fuel injection system... How similar is the Vanagon system Digifant F/I to what's in this...
• Trade spare digijet ecu for digifant ecu?
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Wed, 7 Oct 1998 00:56:19 -0500
  ...rather have a spare that will actually work for my 86 digifant system. Budd Premack 86 Syncro, 73 Super Minneapolis, MN (Land of Sky...
• Digifant II... ?
  Historical mailing list - JonR
  Fri, 1 Mar 2002 17:08:31 -0500
  ...Bentley says it has the Digifant II fuel injection system... How similar is the Vanagon system Digifant F/I to what's in this...
• Re: Digifant II... ?
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 2 Mar 2002 00:07:10 -0800
  ...Bentley says it has the Digifant II fuel injection system... > > How similar is the Vanagon system Digifant F/I to what's in this...
• Digifant I
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Fri, 1 May 1998 11:13:51 -0700
  Hello, Anyone know where you can get a good book to read up on about the Digifant I EFI system? I want to know...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 22:11:10 -0400
  ...3 wire ISV like the Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system? > >The only Vanagon Digifant fuel system I've ever > >seen has a 2 wire...
• GoWesty WBX Management System
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Sun, 14 May 2017 13:14:27 -0400
  Does anyone have any thoughts on the development of GoWesty's Digifant replacement system? It seems it has passed certification processes and is the...
• Re: Idle issues
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 May 2020 20:11:15 -0700
  > What gives me pause > is why in the design of Digifant did they decide the idle control should > still be an add on system...
• digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:10:05 -0400
  ...I have a 1990 Westy 2.1 - I think it's a digijet system - am I right? or is it a digifant? -- Mark 1990...
• Re: Overheating Problem FIXED! Thanks all...
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Sat, 10 Aug 2002 14:55:59 -0700
  ...The Digifant > system ignition distributor has no vacuum devices or > any moving parts and > all timing changes are determined inside the > Digifant Control Module...
• Cost for a used '87 Digifant ECU........
  Historical mailing list - mike and shari
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 23:39:16 -0800
  I want to sell my Digifant system to someone here on the list. I don't know how much they should be worth, he...
• Re: digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:16:35 -0700
  ...I have a 1990 Westy 2.1 - I > think it's a digijet system - am I right? or is it a digifant? > > -- > Mark > 1990...
• Digifant Information
  Historical mailing list - Dave Arthur
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:53:31 -0300
  ...Various documentation I have gleaned (Pro Training) references the Bosch Digifant fuel injection system. Some of the pages are showing Digifant on the footer...
• digifant spark plugs, tornado air system
  Historical mailing list - Marilyn Nelson-Ehret
  Thu, 6 Nov 1997 20:40:40 -0800
  ...i have a 90 syncro with the digifant control system. i just put in a new oxy sens at 125k miles, have installed the...
• Re: VW Vanagon ProTraining Fuel systems Type 2 Book on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 27 May 2000 12:31:28 -0500
  ...note that this one is titled "Vanagon/Type II Fuel Systems". cause there is another one titled "Digifant/Digifant II" that is NOT as...
• Re: '84 rough running, backfire
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Fri, 20 Apr 2001 14:28:51 EDT
  ...84 uses digijet injection system, not digifant, thus it does not have an AFM. >> Say what? The Digijet system does have an AFM. It...
• Re: Will 90 Cabrio ISV Control unit fit 87 Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:12:21 +0000
  ...3 wire ISV like the Golf/Jetta Digifant fuel system? >The only Vanagon Digifant fuel system I've ever >seen has a 2 wire...
• Re: O2 Sensor in Catalytic Converter - Correct model for each FI system ?
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:59:33 -0400
  ...My guess, particularly after reading Mike Collum's post, is that the Cat for the Digifant systems does the job for a Digijet system...
• Re: 82 diesel to gti conversion - knock sensor needed?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 7 May 2002 17:42:21 EDT
  ...a little leaner. >> Good grief! There are no excess and superfluous parts in the OEM Digifant Engine Management System. Get another mechanic. Frank Grunthaner
• Re: New adapter plate: DIY Engine Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 24 Sep 1998 20:51:06 -0800
  David Marshall wrote: >CIS is a wonder and efficient system. Digifant is horrible - ask any 88 to >92 Jetta / Golf owner. The motronic system...
• Re: digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:03:36 EDT
  ...Time, crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM writes: Digifant. 1.9 is DigiJet hey guys other than the ingnition control system what is the difference between the...
• Re: digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 07:59:51 -0700
  ...I have a 1990 Westy 2.1 - I > think it's a digijet system - am I right? or is it a digifant? > > -- > Mark > 1990...
• Digifant parts fs
  Historical mailing list - Scott Walker
  Mon, 8 Mar 1999 19:54:56 -0500
  ...It had been using a Vanagon Digifant system instead of the Golf/Jetta system that I had assumed. You know what they say about...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 09:52:59 -0500
  ...The Digifant takes care of ignition timing directly while the Digijet still uses a mechanical/vacuum advance/retard system. Digifant idle stabilizing is by...
• Re: [spam score 3/10 -pobox] Digifant vs Digijet - Which is better?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 19 Dec 2003 01:17:06 -0500
  At 09:21 PM 12/18/2003 -0500, tabe johnson wrote: >What are the main differences between digifant and >digijet? Is one clearly better...
• Carbs R.I.P.
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/2 wbxs
  Mon, 29 Jul 2002 17:24:30 +0000
  ...The Vanagon Digifant digital engine management system is reliable, predictable and easy to troubleshoot. The many fuel injection horror stories and tales of great...
• Re: A favor...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 07:29:19 -0800
  ...This is for a DIGIFANT system. I am away > from my book. > TIA > > > Ken Lewis > http://neksiwel.20m.com/ >
• Re: Chip upgrade for Digijet?
  Historical mailing list - Nigel Bennett
  Tue, 24 Apr 2001 10:19:11 +0200
  ...the Digijet system as a mechanical ignition advance/retard system, which means that the distributor may be different to the Digifant. Interestingly, the highest...
• Re: 1990 Carat...Overheating Saga that won't end....Help????
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Sat, 7 Sep 2002 02:30:15 +0000
  ...the workings of the Digifant system? If the basic installed position of the distributor is incorrect, then all the Digifant timing calculations will be...
• Re: Question About ECU Programing
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 31 Oct 2003 08:31:39 -0600
  ...and the Digifant system was a refinement of the Digijet ... same basic system with a the digital map (and a different idle control system...
• Re: Digijet = K-Jetronic?
  Historical mailing list - John
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:32:35 -0400
  Stuart MacMillan wrote: > > Both the Digijet and Digifant are K-Jetronic systems, there is little > difference between them. The Digifant is a bit cleaner...
• Re: digijet vs. digifant
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:15:23 -0700
  ...Eastern Daylight Time, > crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM writes: > > Digifant. 1.9 is DigiJet > > > > hey guys other than the ingnition control system what is the difference...
• Digijet--Digifant....??????????/
  Historical mailing list - Clarence J Falarski
  Sun, 16 Feb 2003 21:23:27 -0500
  ...As I go thru the fuel injection area of my Bentley I keep seeing two different systems, Digijet and Digifant, what is the physical...