I don't know of anyone who swears by CIS.
No one at all  familiar with vanagon engine installations would suggest
a transverse installation.

I still can't see Bretts with an inline 4.
the fastest/least expensive routes to a viable engine again are...

good used,
or rebuilt 1.9 or 2.1 waterboxer long block.

that's the goal .right ? ..running again ..
and the most cost effective good solution.

an engine conversion is not really a smart proposition for her, unless
there's a spare $ 6,000 to 10K laying around.

Digijet and Digifant waterboxer EFI systems are both fine.
Each has advantages the other system doesn't have.
They're  both good.

On 1/21/2014 4:40 PM, Neil N wrote:
> It seems the most common VW gas inline engine is a 2.0 block with 1.8
> 8V head. Doing this on a 2.1 WBX Vanagon allows one to keep some of
> the 2.1 parts. (air cleaner etc.) With Digijet, how many, if any,
> components could one keep? Air cleaner? AFM? FP, ECU relays?
>
> Engine mounted inline with vehicle is all I've ever seen. A transverse
> mount would require some serious fabrication. Not sure why someone
> would attempt this!      ;)
>
> You will get varying opinions on which engine management is best. eg.
> some (few?) swear by CIS. Digifant is pretty common. I'm running
> Motronic (as c/w the engine I installed)
>
> Installing a "stock" 2.0 means lowering the drivetrain a fair amount
> to avoid having a bump in the engine lid from the "crossflow" intake
> manifold. This is why most use the 1.8 8V head. It has a "counterflow"
> intake which puts it on the low side of the engine, engine mounted @
> 50º
>
> Here's a page I put together with links to various related projects:
>
> https://sites.google.com/site/t2t3vaggasengineswaps/home/t2-t3-engine-swap-links
>
> On 1/21/14, C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Which inline-4 *VW* engines are most suited for my '83.5 Westfalia?
>> Displacement?
>> Fore'n'aft or transverse?
>> Best years?
>> Preferred EFI systems?
>