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

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

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Quoting Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com>:

> 
> --- David Utley <mr.utility@highstream.net> wrote:
> > Daun,
> >   No fuel enrichment device on yours?
> 
> No, stay away from the fuel enrichment modules.  Almost
> everyone I've ever heard of having one eventually removes
> it because it ends up causing running issues, either with
> the 1.8 or 2.0.
>  

Really?!  Interesting...  What is the concensus on this, y'all?  (No, I have 
no accent, why do you ask?)  Daun, any recommendations for an expose' on 
those?  I shall have to look at that more carefully...

> > 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...  :)
> 
> Yep, I hear that.  I'm running the TT 2.25", stock cams,
> stock 2.0 head, and a 4k tranny.  (That makes a big
> difference right there IMHO.)
>  

Yeah, I don't know what tranny is in this, but I do know that it is a close-
ratio box with the tall 5th, so it should be a fun combo...

> > I forgot to mention, I will also have Evans coolant,
> > which should help
> > things...
> 
> Can't help ya there...   I think da original Cheapass Ron
> (TM) was going to run something like that - talk to him.
> 
> 
Cool, Ron, any experiences to offer, Mr. Cheapass, sir?  :-)

David Utley

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