034 EFI

[Huw Powell]

> > I don't see the point of installing all that wiring from the 5kt just to
> > rip it out later.  Just do the turbo/EFI work, get it smogged, take a
> > breather and start looking for your ignition system donor vehicle (there
> > are many!)
>
> I was thinking about this.  It means that I would have to use the
> 4ksq flywheel, and not the 200tq one I am planning using, right?

doesn't really matter.  they both have teeth for the starter, right?

> Unless I had the 4kq/NF/NG timing pins put in the 200tq.  So far
> the machine shops I've talked to don't even want to deal with the
> existing timing pins, I can imagine their reponse to some custom
> work.

there are no pins in the 4kq flywheel, the ignition gets all its info
from the dist. windows.

So you might want to use the 4kq wheel if you;re gonna get it machined.
No pins...

> I recently realized I wasn't thinking about this in the right
> perspective.  I was thinking I am getting close to starting the swap,
> but with these new ideas it means I may have more stuff to collect,
> like a KH intake manifold and throttle body and NF/NG ignition.  So
> these ideas put me further away from finishing (starting?), which I
> was thinking is bad.  I feel like I should have just bought an MC-2
> long block.  All the other stuff is pieced together onesy-twosey as
> it turns out.

you can do the NF/NG ignition later, really you can.  You may not even
care if your car never knocks but it would be nice to have.

> However, letting all that go and just looking at this pragmatically, I
> would have to say that all this stuff has the potential to make a
> pretty straightforward installation.

I think that is what the boyz (Javad, marc, Nate, etc.) have figured
out.  Life is easier and better with EFI.

> Wow, all this list knowledge is coming together it seems.  Before
> too long listers will be swapping their 034 EFI fueling maps and
> stuff, like the QLCC code before it.  I think this is big! :-)
>
> It would be pretty cool to have 300hp EFI in the '88 5kcstq too!

I would expect some of those folks to start dropping in the EFI soon
too, wouldn't you?

> Without all the vacuum hoses and rubber boots and WOT sensors
> and other old Audi stuff to break, maybe we can keep our cars on
> the road for even longer!

eh, the "old Audi stuff" only breaks because it is 15 years old.  if you
replaced it all the car would be so-o-o-o reliable for years...

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Huw Powell

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