Hi John,

Yes, but not quite in the way you are thinking.

There is an open-source answer to the idle stabilizer, it actually
replaces the entire electronics of the Digifant system. It's called
MegaSquirt. It uses the stock fuel rail but replaces the AFM, ECU, Idle
stabilizer, etc with a modern hot-wire fuel injection setup.

For $600 you could probably convert a vanagon to megasquirt, and never
have to worry about Vanagon Syndrome, ever.

http://www.diyautotune.com/tech_articles/how_to_megasquirt_your_water_cooled_vw.htm

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
Toronto, Ontario Canada
197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (ND Graphics graphics wrap)
1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride)
www.pottsfamily.ca

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On 2/24/2011 7:36 AM, John Rodgers wrote:
> Volks,
>
>
> Question: Is anyone currently experimenting with, developing, playing
> with, an alternative to the VW idle stabilizer control? Someone started
> out that direction but haven't heard anything about it is some time.
>
> When I saw a $600 Plus price tag on that control unit, I had to catch my
> breath. That is a breathtaking price.