> If I was making a 1.9 waterboxer into my 'go anywhere , do anything' world
> class vehicle, I'd move the ecu to under the back seat. It might be possible
> to do it without extending wires.
> I haven't tired, ( yet ) but it's telling that for the next model 86 and
> 2.1, the ecu went under the back seat

What about under the rear storage cabinet (assuming a Westy). I've seen several Subaru conversions where the ECU was located there, and it's right above the stock VW location.   Jeff