Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 14:03:13 -0500
Reply-To: "Cookson, Noel" <ncookson@CELOXNETWORKS.COM>
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From: "Cookson, Noel" <ncookson@CELOXNETWORKS.COM>
Subject: Re: 1551 emulator
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Matthew,
Thanks for all of the advice. This should save me a lot trouble.
Do you know anything about the OBDScan for the Palm OS? This might be the
way to go if you don't have a laptop. After looking at the info on
http://www.ghg.net/dharrison/obdscan.html I cannot tell if this product
offers the same functionality as a 1551. What do you think? Also would you
please email me about your $30 option?
I wanted to go with tdi but the starting price was 50% more expensive than
tiico; not many people had gone that route; my mechanic has had problems
with the supplier of the kit. Not Ken but the company that supplies Ken with
the kit.
The fastforward kit did not seem to be as popular on the list as the tiico.
Maybe I am wrong but most of the conversions I hear about are either subies
or tiico. I wanted to go with a kit that I can find help with because, like
you, I live in an area where vanagons are pretty rare.
Noel - '88 GL
-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Pollard [mailto:poll7356@uidaho.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 11:50 AM
To: Cookson, Noel
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: 1551 emulator
Ok, let me give you a hand because i've been down this road...
First place, before we start talking about 1551 tool and stuff... lets
talk about the tiico. As a self installed tiico owner i have some advice.
#1) don't use the vanagon injector setup. it's wrong (wrong pattern, wrong
pressure, just wrong). So get yourself an a2 fuel rail. www.wolfsport.com
has them used for 60$. Get the seal too. Now you may want to send this out
for a rebuild and cleaning. The INjector Shop is a good place (look'em up
on the web).
#2) the left engine mount cradle is wrong. it has a rubber bushing at the
rear... get this- according to peter is was a left-over part from an 82
diesel model year. nice. After that vw went w/ solid mounts. So, either
sourse a solid mount or weld it solid. OR deal with vibrations....
#3) install an oxygen sensor. Can use the three or 1 wire variety. Can
also use the 3 wire lincoln/ford/mercury ones... search the syncro
archives for that or ask and i'll email it to you.
#4) Sourse a diesel oil tube (the oil-into-the-engine tube). OR take the
tube off of your current engine and make it fit. I think you need to
reweld the connecting flange to fit. The diesel tube needs work too, but
not that much actually.
#4) The directions for the exhaust system- forget it. Make your own or
bring it to a shop for some work. Is this a syncro? If not, then i have
a design from VW of SA for teh CORRECT exhaust system. Probably cost ya
200$ to have made.
#5) You powersteeting hoses will look crimped and kinked. Tough.
#6) get some sound dampening
#7) installing the air-filter houseing- don't drill the holes into the
body or anything like that till you install the engine. The directions are
wrong and the filter needs some augmentation to fit. Is that a word?
You'll see what i mean
#8) the throttle cable is missing a piece. It is a circlip thingee. i
think this is teh # N 012 328 1 and # 171 721 570A again you'll see what
i mean...
And now i'll discuss the emulator and stuff.
First place, you need the tool (1551/2 or vagcom) to set the timing,
mixture, and calibrate the throttle body and to read and erase the fault
codes. I would first try to find a shop local to you that has this tool
OR better yet, has done these transplants and have them set-up the engine.
If that is not an option (it wasn't for me. I live in teh middle of
nowhere...) then you need to go the Vagcom route. There are a few ways to
do this. #1 is to go to www.ross-tech.com and pay about $200 for the
software and interface, then drag your laptop into your bus and you are
good to go. There is another option which cost about 30$. Email me for
details. I went the second route and am very happy.
To actually set the ecu, you need to download the giant .pdf from
www.tiico.com/wiring.htm on the motronic ignition system and read it. It
tells you the way to time the engine, calibrate teh throttle body and to
fine tune the mixture.
And to wrap this up- why are you deciding to install teh tiico over the
www.fastforwad.ca kit or the tdi kits that ken wilford sell??? email me
for details but i'm just trying to say if you have more time and skill
than $, consider the www.fastforward.ca kit or one of Ken's.
matthew
86 syncro westy tiico
