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Date:         Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:52:28 -0400
Reply-To:     Jonathan Berg <jonbergga@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jonathan Berg <jonbergga@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works
Comments: To: Jim <jrasite@eoni.com>
In-Reply-To:  <E47356B1-8C8D-4131-AB3E-3DB9BC088B6A@eoni.com>
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My Autobahn Society 50 degree ABA block has a counter-flow 1.8L head with digifant II. No separate idle stabilizer control circuit. Nor a PS booster circuit as far as I can tell.. Runs great.

Only problem I've had with it is a gnarly dried out old o-ring on the idle adjustment needle causing unstable idle and stalling. Chased my tail for almost a year tracking that one down. I love it when the fix is a 25 cent part.

JB

On Thursday, October 21, 2010, Jim <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > Thanks for the offer Scott.  I already have most all the DV parts. > The big question was fuel system.  And yes, 50 deg install. > Additionally, with the raised A'wagen bed, I can easily modify the > steel engine lid and keep the cross-flow head. > > So there is an inline digifant system.  Hints on what vehicles used it? > > Jim > > On Oct 20, 2010, at 11:42 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > > > Hey, I've been saving this very excellent and 100 % complete and > ready to > use diesel bell housing .. > complete with good cross shaft and bushings, bracket for clutch slave > cylinder, good oil scroll , > TOB guide tube etc...deluxe, in good condition, nothing to fix or > modify on > it, ready to go. > Would be real handy to sell that right now. > And I have some of the other needed parts too. > > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 9:56 PM > Subject: Re: 2.0 ABA inline gas Vanagon. how it works > > > Hey Jim. > > Air box I used: aircleaner | tubaneil2 <http://sites.google.com/site/tubaneil2/aircleaner> > IIRC the Honda box shown is from a 2000. Bigger. Closer in size to the > stock ABA box. > > If you have to, it's possible to flip the nose mount on tranny > allowing engine to be positioned further forward. The linkage > obviously needs to be shortened. (how I did it: > http://tinyurl.com/3y6v6km) OR, kill two birds. Reposition mount > brackets on bars to allow for hydro mounts and engine placement. > > Yes. You need: DV FW, clutch housing, PB. Maybe Vanagon clutch bolts > on? And, DV oil pickup tube, pan engine brackets. I use a stock gas > starter no issues but with a KEP FW. > > The '96 likely has OBD2 Motronic. It's *possible* this could be used > on a 1.8 counter flow head. Bonus: knock sensor and OBD! OBD2 Motronic > may need Jetta VSS sensor to run properly. Don't know how it mounts. > Digifant is obviously simpler. Personally I'd source Digifant parts > from a Jetta. There will likely be more choice in the used parts dept. > > Neil. > > > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:53 PM, Jim Arnott <jrasite@eoni.com> wrote: > > > Okay... Continuing this discussion, Let's say I have a '96 2.0 ABA > from a Jetta that I want to bolt it into an '84 Adventurewagen. > > Questions: > > 1.) fuel system? Digifant, right? Go scare up an '86 or later Vanagon > and take it all? ECU, AFM, injectors, distributor and? Or do I snag > the Jetta stuff? (The Jetta was junked because of immobilizer > problems. A couple years ago. Don't know how much is left/missing.) > 2.) Carrier bars? Late ones, right? The '82 bars won't work with the > wasserboxer gear box? Positions motor 50 mm too far aft? Does that > mean I need the entire post-82 engine carrier system? > 3.) air filter. What to use? I seem to remember Dodge Caravan, but > that might have been for adding a diesel. K&N is not an option in my > world. > 4.) clutch and flywheel? V'gon diesel? > > More questions to come I'm sure as we get closer to committing. > > Jim > > > > > -- > Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder- > gas-engines > >


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