I don't know of anyone who swears by CIS. No one at all familiar with vanagon engine installations would suggest a transverse installation. I still can't see Bretts with an inline 4. the fastest/least expensive routes to a viable engine again are... good used, or rebuilt 1.9 or 2.1 waterboxer long block. that's the goal .right ? ..running again .. and the most cost effective good solution. an engine conversion is not really a smart proposition for her, unless there's a spare $ 6,000 to 10K laying around. Digijet and Digifant waterboxer EFI systems are both fine. Each has advantages the other system doesn't have. They're both good.
On 1/21/2014 4:40 PM, Neil N wrote: > It seems the most common VW gas inline engine is a 2.0 block with 1.8 > 8V head. Doing this on a 2.1 WBX Vanagon allows one to keep some of > the 2.1 parts. (air cleaner etc.) With Digijet, how many, if any, > components could one keep? Air cleaner? AFM? FP, ECU relays? > > Engine mounted inline with vehicle is all I've ever seen. A transverse > mount would require some serious fabrication. Not sure why someone > would attempt this! ;) > > You will get varying opinions on which engine management is best. eg. > some (few?) swear by CIS. Digifant is pretty common. I'm running > Motronic (as c/w the engine I installed) > > Installing a "stock" 2.0 means lowering the drivetrain a fair amount > to avoid having a bump in the engine lid from the "crossflow" intake > manifold. This is why most use the 1.8 8V head. It has a "counterflow" > intake which puts it on the low side of the engine, engine mounted @ > 50ยบ > > Here's a page I put together with links to various related projects: > > https://sites.google.com/site/t2t3vaggasengineswaps/home/t2-t3-engine-swap-links > > On 1/21/14, C B <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Which inline-4 *VW* engines are most suited for my '83.5 Westfalia? >> Displacement? >> Fore'n'aft or transverse? >> Best years? >> Preferred EFI systems? > |
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