Cutting CA emissions wire...Was, Re: '87 5KQ pinout for ECU....

["The PC Handyman" <pchandyman@intrex.net>]

This seems like it would probably be a good thing to try if you are using a
car that originated in california! (like me!) I'll wait until I get the car
otherwise running ok before I do it so that it'll be a real test. I
currently am only getting 1.1 bar peak according to the dash gauge... I
guess any number of things could be contributing to this. Where should I
begin...


-Noah
-83 VW 16v Cabbie
-83 VW Turbo Rocco
-87 VW 8v GTI
-87 Audi 5kCSTQ (recently aquired, not featured on my site)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Orin Eman <orin@wolfenet.com>
To: Charlie Smith <quattro@elektro.cmhnet.org>
Cc: <MHLIGGINS@aol.com>; <quattro@audifans.com>;
<charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 1999 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: '87 5KQ pinout for ECU....


> > The MAC-10/11 ECU has a couple wires cut just out of the plug, and these
> > are for the turbo engine with an automatic transmission.  One wire tells
the
> > ECU that the transmision is in first gear so the ECU keeps the boost
down
> > and the other one is for something similar - designed to promote the
life
> > of the wimpy transmission.  The Bentley doesn't mention this I don't
think.
>
> The second one is for CA emissions.  Probably has a similar effect ;)
>
> Orin.
>
>