Hi John, Yes, but not quite in the way you are thinking. There is an open-source answer to the idle stabilizer, it actually replaces the entire electronics of the Digifant system. It's called MegaSquirt. It uses the stock fuel rail but replaces the AFM, ECU, Idle stabilizer, etc with a modern hot-wire fuel injection setup. For $600 you could probably convert a vanagon to megasquirt, and never have to worry about Vanagon Syndrome, ever. http://www.diyautotune.com/tech_articles/how_to_megasquirt_your_water_cooled_vw.htm Happy Trails, Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario Canada 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" 1987 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (ND Graphics graphics wrap) 1988 Wolfsburg Weekender Hardtop (Colleen's ride) www.pottsfamily.ca BUSES OF THE CORN - AUGUST 12-14th, 2011 www.busesofthecorn.ca
On 2/24/2011 7:36 AM, John Rodgers wrote: > Volks, > > > Question: Is anyone currently experimenting with, developing, playing > with, an alternative to the VW idle stabilizer control? Someone started > out that direction but haven't heard anything about it is some time. > > When I saw a $600 Plus price tag on that control unit, I had to catch my > breath. That is a breathtaking price. |
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