Re: Digifant

["Bill Collins" <photo@intrex.net>]

I think the Vanagon was the first VW (at least in the US) to use digifant, starting in '86.  In the Vanagon world its probably the preferred system because it has more performance mods available than for the previous digijet system.

Bill

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2000 10:44:47 -0700 (PDT)

>--- Casey Webster <tinfool@home.com> wrote:
>> Could someone tell me what the difference is between
>> a digifant engine and a
>> CIS engine?  What year did digifant first start
>> appearing in VWs?
>
>Digifant and CIS are fuel management systems (fuel
>injection). CIS has many variants and was developed by
>Bosch.
>
>In the U.S., Digifant appeared in A2 Golfs and Jetta
>8V cars starting in 1988 (I'm not sure when, but the
>Cabriolet and Golf followed not too long after),
>ending in 1992. Digifant is "officially" a VW
>developed system. Just about everyone stays away from
>Digifant if they are looking for performance, as it
>does not lend itself to mods.
>
>
>
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