MC engine swap minutia

[Ken Keith]

Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net> wrote:
> 
> Ken Keith wrote:
> > 
> > Should I try to locate the ECU in the same location as stock, at
> > the passenger footwell are?  Is there a better place?
> 
> on the passenger seat...

With the wires routed inside or outside the a pillar? :-)  You don't 
have to answer, I get your point I think.  (that I should wait until I 
know it works before I do the final mounting, of everything)
 
> if you delete AC, hang it where the evaporator used to be, where it is
> easy to get to.

Ha!  Come next summer, I may be asking how to add a second 
a/c!  I'll definitely be trying to keep the a/c.  I'm probably going to 
have to have exceptional cooling capacity as well, so further down 
the road I may be treading some new ground.  It get's hot here, and 
I like to have plenty o' margin o' safety.

> > Oh wow, I just remembered I should probably get a hold of a
> > vacuum canister, to accumulate vacuum for the brakes.  Maybe
> > later, I'll have the hole machined into the head for the vacuum
> > pump, just to be extra safe.  Where is a good place for vacuum
> > canisters, Summit?  Can I use the stock vacuum canisters that I
> > remember my Coupe GT had in the fender, with the three joined
> > globes?  If going that route, I would probably have to fashion my
> > own check valve?
> 
> use spare "tennis ball" cans from junk Audis as you mention.  check
> valves are also all over spare cars - each one, for instance, has at
> least two in the main brake vacuum line.  just think through the lines
> and check valve setup so it makes sense!  The only drawback (or two) I
> see to the parts car type canisters is small orifices, you might want a
> larger inlet/outlet and also maybe not enough storage cap.  As i recall,
> the ones from n/a cars, for the AC recirc flap, are three tennis ball
> size.  the old 5kt ones (pre 84, type 43) were nine ball sized i
> think...

I like the racey look of the aluminum jobs they sell in the speed 
catalogs.  Tho' I don't know if there are any mounting locations I'd 
be happy with.  If I go the tennis ball route, I may have multiple 
units, all over the place.
 
> and as far as your harness issues, Marc Swanson took notes while I
> chopped up the redundant stuff on his donor harness - whether they were
> in a language known to man or on his web site in any form is another
> issue!

Cool, I'll check it out.  That reminds me of another series of 
questions.  Is the autocheck stuff just lost in the swap?  Is the 
check engine light the only thing that gets hooked up?

I realize there may not be any one "right" answer to these 
questions, but I don't want to reinvent the wheel if I don't have to.

Thanks!

Ken