19 Jan
2002
19 Jan
'02
6:55 a.m.
--- Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman(a)theestopinalgroup.com> wrote:
Want a fuel injection "brain" from a 1968 VW Squareback?
Had Bosch come up with EFI already by 1968?
I think so. I have a 1975 and 1976 Microbus w/EFI. I think air
sucking VWs that had fuel injection, always had electronic fuel
injection. Among other things, it's the same block for a 1968
Squareback as for the Beetle - there's no place to put a fuel-injection
pump, etc. The reason they went with EFI on the "pancake" engines
was to reduce the height of the motor - no carburetor and intake
manifold like on the older motors. My Bus engine is probably only
6" taller than the top of the block, if that.
I don't have a need for a 1968 Squareback EFI brain, but I could probably
use parts for the 1.8L and 2.0L engines... the 1975 was purchased in a
previously-messed-with state and does not run reliable (the teenager who
owned it before me, tweaked everything he could find to fix the fast idle
problem. I looked at the car, started it, listened for a moment, then
yanked up on the gas pedal - the hinge was rusty. The problem now is
that the engine is out of whack and I can't seem to get it _into_ whack,
and I've owned veedubs since 1983. I'm about to take it to a shop,
something I rarely do with this type of car (put a water pump on a car,
though, and all the other festooning you get in a Detroit or Japanese
product, and I'll take that car into the shop for everything more
complicated the spark plugs and oil).
-ethan
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Does anyone
know what sort of machine is in the car's
onboard controller? A few pictures I've found make them
look like PC104's. These machines are hitting zero value
quickly and may not last 10 years unless picked up now.
What car? They don't all use the same controllers, you know...