Hi Dave,

That sounds exactly like what I did...mounted the CIS-E unit on the shelf in
front of the tail light. I'd love to see some pictures of what you have
done.

What did you use for your 90 degree hose? (I have a temporary solution on
mine)

Thanks,
TomC
tcarrington@relitech.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carolyn Kitzmann [SMTP:kitzmann@EXIS.NET]
> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 3:46 PM
> To:   vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject:      Golf engine conversion runs
>
> You all may remember that I was converting my 82 Diesel to a Golf GT
> engine.  Well it finally ran today, loud as s%^&t because it doesn't have
> an exhaust yet, but it ran.  If anybody is interested I found a way to
> mount the Cis-e fuel distributer on the driver's side and feeds the intake
> manifold by a short 90 degree hose.  Also allows for the use of an
> inexpensive cylindrical shaped airfilter about 6" in dia. and 5" long,
> cost
> me $7 at Advance Autoparts.  The airbox I constructed to do this  is just
> a
> prototype made of aluminum sheet.  If everything works out well, I'm
> thinking of molding the entire thing of fiberglass, which will cut down on
> the number of parts and allow me to optimize the fit somemore.  I'll try
> to
> get some photos available if anybody's interested.
>
> Dave K.