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• Re: Hall Effect Sender? Speedo question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:14 -0700
  ...The electronics system has no moving parts, is cheaper, lighter etc. As engine management systems got more sophisticated ( As I put 90 and later...
• Re: Megasquirt....RE: Boxer electronics options?
  Historical mailing list - Ron Tipton
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 14:29:09 -0500
  say i had a syncro with an aba from a jetta with digifant2 and wanted to upgrade the engine management system. would this be...
• Re: Megasquirt....RE: Boxer electronics options?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:32:23 -0500
  For a teaser, on the engine management front, we've started initial work on doing a modular engine management setup based on our existing...
• Re: engineering nightmares vehicles was: cruise control speedometer sensor
  Historical mailing list - Connor McBryde
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 16:16:54 -0400
  FWIW, the speed sensor Eric is referring to is required by OBD-II engine management systems and was never part of the pre-OBD...
• Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 16:05:27 -0500
  ...23981/gowesty-engine-management-system?v= > Ultra-pricey but probably a great idea for people with good waterboxers whose Digifant electronics are going bad...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:15:13 -0800
  > Is that the problem John, or is it the electronic engine management? Dunno. Could be all that stuff, really. All these new low-voltage...
• Re: Megasquirt....RE: Boxer electronics options?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:38:00 -0500
  ...Jim Akiba On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote: > For a teaser, on the engine management...
• Re: Megasquirt....RE: Boxer electronics options?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:54:59 -0500
  ...Boxer electronics options? For a teaser, on the engine management front, we've started initial work on doing a modular engine management setup based...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:38:33 -0700
  ...mo' betta electronic engine management. >> Waterboxer fuel injection is quite crude compare to >> say .........what Subaru >> has with their 2.2 engine starting in...
• Re; How Much Did You Pay For Your Van?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 7 Jul 2001 19:48:01 -0500
  ...bags, bumpers, engine management electronics, etc. etc.) It had 128,000, then, it now has 178,000, on the original engine. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile...
• Re: NVC Fox fuel management system
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:50:00 -0700
  ...engine and a few other connections, so 'lots' of stainless braided fuel hoses running around. . more likely I suspect is Digifant II - fully electronic...
• Re: Carat value
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 09:50:15 -0700
  ...Seems like 1980 would be a better cutoff year, as > by then most cars had 3 way cats & some form of engine management that...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:08:05 -0700
  ...mo' betta electronic engine management. > Waterboxer fuel injection is quite crude compare to > say .........what Subaru > has with their 2.2 engine starting in...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:19:08 -0700
  ...And also how sometimes, you can't quite get from 'here' to 'there' without higher technology, like much mo' betta electronic engine management. Waterboxer...
• Re: New Wheel - New Pictures ... Now Tires :>)
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:08:55 -0700
  ...with the engine management computer system! I have since emailed him and described the lack of electronic connectivity between the engine management computer and...
• Re: 2.1 heads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:12:13 -0700
  ...And also how sometimes, you can't quite get from 'here' to 'there' without higher technology, like much mo' betta electronic engine management. Waterboxer...
• Re: Excellent and elegant opinion!
  Historical mailing list - ARKADY MIRVIS
  Tue, 6 Apr 1999 19:49:01 -0700
  ...In his opinion Vanagon was " avoidable technical disaster " with an excellent engine management system.. EMZ wrote: > Being and Electronic Designer, this answer is easy...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:27:53 -0500
  ...It was much harder to do this with poor engine management control or more primitive engine management systems, so the lower CR was a...
• Re: Vanagon/Subaru Deep Thoughts...use a Link computer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 20:22:56 +1200
  ...two subaruvanagon listees to Link Electrosystem's engine management computers. This renders all the Subaru electronics (apart from the ignitor) irrelevant. The complete system...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:04:24 -0500
  ...23981/gowesty-engine-management-system?v= > >> > > > > Ultra-pricey but probably a great idea for people with good waterboxers > > whose Digifant electronics are going bad...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:04:32 -0800
  ...Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system I think the idle control module goes, the valve is still used. In my experience the...
• Re: Fast idle and stumble
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 27 Jul 2022 23:11:33 -0600
  ...a twin >>>>> to my van, year, color, and even the engine and fuel management. Currently >>>>> enjoying a trip up and down the east coast...
• Re: Carat value
  Historical mailing list - Jon VO
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 10:33:30 -0600
  ...Seems like 1980 would be a better cutoff year, as by then most cars had 3 way cats & some form of engine management that...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 20:33:53 -0400
  ...23981/gowesty-engine-management-system?v= >> > > Ultra-pricey but probably a great idea for people with good waterboxers > whose Digifant electronics are going bad...
• Re: TDI conversion...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 10:52:29 -0700
  ...The engine management electronics would be a huge obstacle too. Someone else will chime in I'm sure, but a mechanical injector pump adaptation...
• Re: Carat value
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 3 Apr 2015 09:48:18 -0700
  ...Seems like 1980 would be a better cutoff year, as > by then most cars had 3 way cats & some form of engine management that...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 09:48:24 -0600
  ...it would basically be an uncontrolled turbo boost effect but how you would do the fuel management side on injected engines would be interesting...
• Re: eurospec pics 2.0 liter vanagon conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 19:49:10 -0700
  ...I'm betting they haven't done anything about AC since it has to be integrated into the electronics of the engine management system...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:33:02 -0800
  ...Mark John Bange wrote: >> Is that the problem John, or is it the electronic engine management? > > > Dunno. Could be all that stuff, really. All...
• Re: TDI conversion...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 22 Aug 2011 11:50:17 -0700
  ...The engine management electronics would be a huge obstacle too. Someone else will chime in I'm sure, but a mechanical injector pump adaptation...
• Digifant Engineering Page In Finland
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 Mar 1995 12:00:57 -0500
  ...The approach has been used to support fault management for the "Volkswagen Digifant" motor management system and a photovoltaic inverter. <UL> <LI> <A HREF...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 17:17:04 -0400
  ...23981/gowesty-engine-management-system?v= > > > > Ultra-pricey but probably a great idea for people with good waterboxers > whose Digifant electronics are going bad...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 11:17:59 -0800
  ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)—replaces NLA Digifant ECU and ICU (idle control unit)"* So, I would assume they kept that ECU in...
• Re: BLUE TEC
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Mon, 26 May 2008 16:45:00 -0700
  ...Yes, a blue tec engien is a piston diesel internal combustion engine just like yours........but the ENTIRE fuel and combustion management system is...
• Re: protect your van from fire!!! metla engine lids FS
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:05:11 +1200
  ...uninsurable alterations, as mine will be (electronics, adapted parts from other manufacturers' vehicles etc). Even if the engine-bay electrics are toast, the rest...
• Re: Golf diesel hybrid... car electronic troubles
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:04:37 +1300
  ...It had an intermittent fault with the management computer... when the engine was hot (going uphill in the Rockies; very rarely in town) it...
• Re: Looking for project van
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 14 Aug 2004 18:03:47 +1200
  ...An inexpensive option is to ditch the Boxster electronics and fit an aftermarket management system such as the NZ Link or Aussie MoTech. I...
• Re: Toggle off switch
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:43:07 -0800
  ...The alternator > could have been the original problem. > > Mark > > John Bange wrote: > >>> Is that the problem John, or is it the electronic engine management...
• Re: starting from aux battery
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:01:25 -0700
  ...Full versitality, no electronic gismo's......... and the switches have a large key you can take with you when the batteries are turned off...
• Re: Subaru was: 2.1l engine for sale too $900.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 1 Sep 1999 21:48:48 -0700
  ...more advanced than CIS? The point is that all of the engine management systems have their pluses and minuses, you're a champion of...
• Re: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:19:25 -0700
  Was going to ask "what MY?" ;^) Figured it was 2.1 engine management. Assuming the 1.9 AC compressor is the same as used...
• Re: Engine thoughts--now Go Westy engine management system
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 4 Jan 2018 14:20:43 -0500
  ...New Delphi electronic control unit (ECU)—replaces NLA Digifant ECU and ICU (idle control unit)"* So, I would assume they kept that ECU in...
• Megasquirt....RE: Boxer electronics options?
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Mon, 2 Feb 2009 11:33:08 -0500
  ...As I said many times before, MS is a fantastic engine management system, but the learning curve is tremendous. I wouldn't try to...
• Re: Anyone seen Gowesty's Digifiant replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 17 Jul 2018 21:33:07 +0000
  ...23981/gowesty-engine-management-system?v= > > > > Ultra-pricey but probably a great idea for people with good waterboxers > whose Digifant electronics are going bad...
• Re: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:55:32 -0700
  ...Was going to ask "what MY?" ;^) Figured it was 2.1 engine management. > > Assuming the 1.9 AC compressor is the same as used...
• Re: Passat Syncro??(semi-vanagon, syncro)
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:10:10 +0200
  ...For the system to work in the Vanagon Syncro, well you'd need the ABS, the ESP and the engine management system on top...
• Re: BLUE TEC
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Mon, 26 May 2008 19:23:17 -0700
  ...All electronic VW tdi engines use an IC. > > > Heck...........just in Combustion Chamber shape ALONE.........you can't > change a horse cart into a...
• Re: Watching Oil Temp (long, as usual)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 20 Jul 2011 16:28:34 -0700
  ...background in engine thermal management to know how many degrees of cooling that offers! My heat sinking background is in electronics, using passive (natural...
• Re: Goofy CB + Coolant LED Stuff! (sorta friday content)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 3 Sep 2010 17:31:31 -0700
  ...Just the right level of really nice technology on engine management, but not too crazy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To...
• NEW Battery for campers
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Sat, 6 Oct 2001 07:34:08 EDT
  ...An internal electronic management system allows both portions of the battery to be charged but allows only one section to be used up under...
• Re: Why no bolt-on HP upgrades to the 2.1 WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 26 May 2012 06:24:30 -0700
  ...If you are going to try to get more power by changing or adding hardware you have to put install an engine management system...
• Re: 81 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Beth Young
  Fri, 15 Nov 1996 09:56:51 -0800 (PST)
  ...That is, although the ECU takes some input from the ignition system (timing of spark) there is no "management" of ignition going on. So...
• Re: Surging engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:40:09 -0700
  ...And not that you asked but...... ;) IF current engine fine otherwise, (good compression, no smoke/leaks etc.) consider changing from CIS engine management to...
• Re: Running without a cat
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:14:32 -0500
  ...little better fuel mileage, and the engine ( if in proper tune and all the electronic engine management item's are working properly ) will pass...
• Re: Conversion? JETTA ENGINE?? Now Some TDi Comments (Shortened Version)
  Historical mailing list - frankgrun
  Mon, 4 Jan 2010 14:49:51 -0800
  ...Not just power increases but power curve management. As a case in point, manipulation of the sensor map can actually minimize or control the...
• Re: OBD2 gauges
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:02:24 -0500
  Wow! I’m getting hopeful that the GW Engine Management system will have a OBD2 capability. Anyone out there try using a scanner and...
• Re: Vanagon Head Leaking Around The Head Nut(S)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 14 Apr 2014 18:59:06 -0700
  ...If you use the 1.8 lite motor with Digifant engine management you don't have to mess with much at all...Everything is...
• Re: Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 12:00:25 EST
  ...Each type of fuel management is governed by different guidelines. Closed loop strives for fuel economy while open loop is more a "limp home...
• Re: Hijacked thread..Your 2.3 GoWesty
  Historical mailing list - dahn van
  Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:17:51 -0800
  ...that we had been able to find a different engine-controlling system. I would still like to upgrade the whole electronics/fuel management package...
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:58:44 -0500
  ...before mods for air temp, engine temp, engine throttle, O2 sensor) is set by a pulse-time vs rpm map in system ROM. >and...