Well, good luck with the install - please let me and the rest of the list
know how it goes!

At 10:04 PM 06/02/2000 -0800, se7en wrote:
>
>
>David Marshall wrote:
>>
>> Wow... as I said, very strange - how do you adjust the CO content of the
>> exhaust?  You're getting something that will be illegal in Canada and more
>> than likely most of the USA.  In Canada (BC and NS, NB, PE at least), if
>> you car has an O2 sensor and a catalitic converter you are not allowed to
>> remove them, BIG fine if you do (Shhh - I don't have a cat!).  I'm pretty
>> sure the EPA has a rule like this for the United States as well.  You
>> should really try to keep the cat, but without an O2 sensor, it'll die a
>> quick death.  There must be a provision for an O2 sensor somewhere!
>>
>
>David,
>
>Here in Portland, Oregon, the bi-annual emission tests done by the local
>DEQ that we have to pass do not include equipment checks anymore. Our
>vehicles are put on a 'rolling road' and tested under various loads at
>the driving wheels while the emissions are checked. It's basically 'go'
>or 'no-go'.
>
>I don't know much yet about the Motronic ECU but I have just turned up
>the Bosch fuel injection & engine management book. Since I don't know
>the exact model of the kit ECU I can't sort it out completely yet. I do
>believe there are other ways of controlling carbon monoxide than having
>a lambda sensor. I also don't believe that the 'cat' will necessarily
>live a shorter life without one. There are many carbureted vehicles out
>there with 'cats' and no lambda sensor. Who knows, maybe (Darwinism) the
>CO sensor is a dead end also, like, remember all those air pumps on the
>cars in the Eighties? PCV valves have certainly stood the test of time.
>
>Some basics of Motronic systems are the sensing of engine load (air
>flow), RPM, crank timing (much more exact, independent of dwell),
>battery voltage for coil charge time control (no more hot coils), a
>built in ROM that 'learns' the ideal parameters needed for efficient
>operation (right down to each individual cylinder) and more. There are
>Motronic variants that sense different things, and until I get more
>information on the model I'm getting, I will stop here. All I care about
>is 'what' comes out of my tailpipe, now what gets it there.
>
>Anyway, I feel this conversion is going to work for me or I wouldn't
>have gone into debt to get it. Yes, I'm an optimist. Actually, I'm an
>Irish optimist. I try to buy the pertinent books and learn all I can
>from them. I'm also a bit anal-retentive (does that have a hyphen?) but
>my sense of humor (perceived) is what also keeps me sane (again, self
>perception). I also really appreciate the many things in the many areas
>of Vanagon ownership that I have gleaned from this list server. So much
>to learn, so little time. As for being legal or not, well, someone has
>to be the 'Last Outlaw'. Sounds like you're in the running. I won't
>tell. Sure hope no RCMP,s are list members.
>
>Hopefully I'll have lots more info in about a month. I'm staying busy
>installing an aux battery, a security system and some aux gauges while I
>wait.
>
>Arlen - master lurker.
>
>> >
>> >David Marshall wrote:
>> >>
>> >> No O2 sensor??? Really?  That's really strange!
>> >
>> >That's what I understand. We'll see when it gets here. Apparently it is
>> >a Motronic brain.
>> >
>> >Arlen
>> >
>> >
>>
>> --   David Marshall -                    - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
>> --    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
>> --       87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab      --
>> -- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
>> -- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
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>
>

--   David Marshall -                    - Quesnel, BC, Canada   --
--    78 VW Rabbit, 80 VW Caddy, 84 VW Westie, 85 VW Cabriolet   --
--       87 Audi 5000 Quattro, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab      --
-- David's Volkswagen Home Page        http://www.volkswagen.org --
-- Fast Forward Autobahn Sport Tuning  http://www.fastforward.ca --
-- david@volkswagen.org (pmail) or vanagon@volkswagen.org (list) --