

| Subject: | Anybody Ever Replace Digijet/Digifant FI with CIS? |
| From: | Marshall Ruskin |
| Date: | Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:43:04 -0600 |
Hi Volks: I am interested in any experiences people have with the subject. Based on my reading of Bentley's book on Bosch FI, the subject replacement may be one way of increasing Wasserboxer's HP - by using bigger injectors and higher fuel system pressure. That's an over-simplification - but is the jist of it. The book says that Vanagon digijets/digifants (our version of pulse fuel injection - L-Jetronic) are limited because: 1. When running at full throttle - injectors are open as long as they can be in a crankshaft cycle - no room to richen mixture by lengthening pulse-time; 2. Increasing/improving airflow will only make the system run lean, as the vane-type AFM reaches it's ability to meter air at aprox 4000K (cannot deflect any more); 3. Tuning the AFM spring rate is tricky, and will not be in synch with the fuel metering program inside the ECU. Results in drivability problems. Therefore - Anybody used CIS in a Waterboxer? Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy "Iron Igloo" Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Founding Member of "Vanagon's Anonymous"
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