[urq] A2 Rally FI

[Wolff]

My '68-'71 VW Squarebacks all had electronic injection. Definately not
reliable. They had oodles of wires everywhere that were prone to breaking as
well as plain rubber hoses trying to contain high pressure fuel. I consider
myself lucky that one never caught fire under me. Interestingly, it was only
two channel injection, so it always fired two diagonally opposed injectors
at once.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justin" <cbrooks2 at san.rr.com>
To: <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [urq] A2 Rally FI


>     I always thought Audi remained with CIS so late was maybe to keep the
> car costs down at the time.  EFI systems back then were probably three
times
> what they are worth now...the cost of the quattro transmission and
> supporting parts with a EFI system maybe put the cost of car line over
> target....(just a thought...)
>
>     It is interesting to examine the early Volvo's, Saab's, etc...they all
> have EFI with mass air flow meters, transmission coolers, internal
> wastegates...etc, quite an acomplishment for the day I think.  Also, Saab
> had Direct Ignition on their 89-on 9000 turbo's,.... several years before
> Audi.