Date:         Sat, 14 Sep 2002 23:33:19 -0400
Reply-To:     Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
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From:         Edward Maglott <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
Subject:      Re: return to ol' blue - the diesel to gas conversion
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At 9/14/02 05:36 PM, you wrote:

>Still have to extend the throttle cable (no problem) and do the wiring
>(yikes!) The engine is from an 1986 Golf with the CIS FI so it's not too
>bad, but looks very confusing to me. I think I may have missed some parts:
>the Bentley shows a KA Jetronic control unit which I don't have and don't
>remember seeing. If anyone has any advice about this or the wiring in
>general I'd sure appreciate it. Next time, I'll probably get David Marshall
>to make up a new harness, but for this one I wanted to do it all myself
>(with a lot of help from my brother.) And speaking of this, does anyone have
>any advice on how to make it easy to attach a different FI in the future?
>Eventually I may want to put a more powerful motor in. I was thinking about
>making a nice labeled switch panel on the firewall. Any suggestions?


I had a 85 8v GTi with CIS-E, and loved that FI system.  There is a control
unit up under the cowl on the passenger side.  the CIS-E system is also
pretty good for hot rodding, I understand, and is not really a significant
limiting factor when upgrading the engine.
Good luck,
Edward