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Subject:Re: Free Mercedes V-8 (minor VW content)
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Tue, 22 Sep 1998 13:12:02 -0700

I read a story in a Swedish mag about two engineers that welded together two
type 4 2,0 to make a 8-cylinder VW boxer. While the engine of course was a piece
of art in itself(it was sitting in the back of a fibreglass buggy!), the
injectionsystem was pure Vanagon 2,1 (euro) and they simply spliced in another
set of injectors, so that the computer didnt know if it was feeding 4 or 8
cylinders.

Per Lindgren
88 Syncro

David Marshall wrote:

> Didn't BMW do the same thing with their 5.0L 850 the first year it came
> out?  They put two fuel injection systems together from a 540 or something
> like that... it didn't work very well.  But... if the engine was sitting in
> my garage and a spare vanagon was sitting there... you bet I would get two
> rabbit systems and throw it in there!
>
> At 00:59 9/13/98 -0400, PATT wrote:
> >>
> >>Just think of the torque curve if someone could stuff it into a Vanagon!
> >>
> >And the Merc used CIS.
> >Just get two rabbit setups and plumb away.
> >Would probably take longer to get the FI working than putting the motor in.
> >Somebody try it, sounds like fun.  Tim?  Otmar?
> >
> >
>
> -- David Marshall, Quesnel BC, mailto:david@volkswagen.org --
>    -- 78 1.8L VW Rabbit, 80 2.0L VW Caddy, 87 Audi 5KQ  --
>    --  85 1.8L VW Cabrio, 88 2.0L VW Syncro Double Cab  --
>    --   Volkswagen Homepage http://www.volkswagen.org   --
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