87.5 CGT Trip computer & MC swaps, do they get along?

[Jim Green]

--- Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has anybody gotten the trip computer in the
> digital dash of a 87.5
> > CGT to work when a MC swap is done? More
> specifically, when an MC
> > swap with 034EFI is done?
> 
> I doubt the latter could be done, since it appears
> that one of the 
> inputs to the trip computer comes from the CIS air
> plate potentiometer.
> 
> Although, that might only knock out one or two
> functions.
> 
> Of course, if you can take air flow information from
> the 034 and somehow 
> tweak it to resemble the 0-5 v potentiometer output,
> you might just be 
> able to do it.
> 
> So I guess I didn't really answer your question....


Yea, I think the only function you loose is fuel
efficiency.  Small drawback, hell I never even had a
trip computer.

=====
Jim Green
'89 90tq
'89 80q
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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