Semi O/T: Got a pickup with 2.0 16V, do I need Motronic?

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

Daun,
  No fuel enrichment device on yours?

As to the thing about it being chippable, yeah, that had occurred to me...
TTs' chip gives you 13 hp, and that is with an otherwise stock motor...  I
would have a proper 2.25 TT exhaust and cams eventually, not to mention a
P/Ped head.  But, as I have always belonged to the "Cheapass" club and did
not know it, these things will happen slowly...  :)

I forgot to mention, I will also have Evans coolant, which should help
things...  Dunno if I can go up to 54 degrees total advance like I did with
the 8V though!  :)

David Utley

-----Original Message-----
From: Daun Yeagley [mailto:vwdaun@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:53 PM
To: Allyn; Julie Macfarlane; mr.utility@highstream.net
Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Re: Semi O/T: Got a pickup with 2.0 16V, do I need Motronic?


--- Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com> wrote:

> ...or is my knock sensor just shitty?

Replace it, sounds like it might be shitty.  I understand
that they do go bad....


> > >From: David Utley <mr.utility@highstream.net>

He
> > >fabbed
> > >it so that it uses all the Scirocco 16V FI.

Good - keep it simlpe(er) that way.

I was going to convert to Motronic when I did my 2.0
conversion.  I decided against that idea for all the issues
that I had with my old '90 Passat.  Everything has to be
just right, contacts perfectly clean etc, or problems
ensue.

I have been wondering before now
> how well CIS-E was
> > >going
> > >to work, and after reading Scirocco16Vs post on
> Vortex, I am not sure it
> is
> > >the best choice...

Why not?  I've not read his posts, but I can't see why it
would be a necessity to go with Motronic, unless you wanted
to install a chip and add performance that way.

  Can anyone here shed some specific
> light on what I
> > >might
> > >look for to make sure this thing runs without
> grenading?

Proper air / fuel mixture, and proper timing.  Should fire
right up.  (FWIW, I'm running a stock 2.0 block & head
myself right now.)

> > >   Also, considering the license plate, "pikitup"...

I like it....


=====
Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
'81 S, '85, '86 & '88 Sciroccos, '96 Passat GLX Wagon, '56 Cessna 172
For Sale: '82 Scirocco.
"My rabbit has a human foot on his keychain.  That's not the scary part.
What I wanna know is what those keys are for." - The Four Postmen

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