Date:         Fri, 4 Jan 2002 01:01:33 -0500
Reply-To:     Ed McLean <email99@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ed McLean <email99@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: tiico conversion vs. other I4 conversions - parts
              availability?
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Mark Keller wrote:
> perhaps more light can be
> shed on this Bosch fuel management system, and other US Market
> applications of it and or its component interchange ability, i.e. can a
> used ECU's or what sensors can be found. Does VW or other OEM outlet
> stock parts for the system, other than the Tiico distributor?

I don't think there is much of a problem with parts supply so long as
Peter keeps selling these things at TiiCo.  When I've needed something
he has generally been prompt although shipping by ocean freighter is
quite slow and this can be frustrating.  If you want to pay air freight
costs, you can get things quickly from South Africa.  Everything needed
for a simple tuneup or minor replacement is available at our list
vendors, your FLAPS, or your dreaded VW dealer.  The temperature sensor,
knock sensor, oil pressure sensor, distributor components, the duosensor
(i.e. manifold pressure sensor, aka Thrust Sensor on the ALH engine),
and basic engine components are ordinary VW stuff.  The ECU and throttle
body would probably need to come from tiico.  The cylinder head is most
likely from an ACC engine and probably available in Canada, where the
ACC engine was imported in a Golf. Much of the other stuff is Vanagon
diesel stuff.

The Motronic MP 9.0 VW engines are sold in Brazil, Poland, and several
other countries in 1.0L and 1.4L versions.  Fundamentally, the external
wiring of the MP 9.0 system is very close to the MonoMotronic systems
sold by VW in the US in the 80's and early 90's but there are major
differences in the ECU.  If you want to know more about the MP 9.0, do a
Google search for "Motronic MP 9.0".

I think VW also sells the MP 9.0 as an industrial engine in the UK but I
don't have any real data on this.  I would imagine the ECU would be
quite different in calibration from the automotive unit.

FWIW

Ed McLean