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Oh boy! If you search past posts you may find my saga with a stroker with stock FI.It wasn't pretty. I finally had to admit defeat and try to emulate a listee who also knows the power of the Darkside. http://www.icbm.org/erkson/ You could also read some of the posts by Ray Greenwood on the Shoptalk forums about the difficulty of getting Djet to work with larger displacement engines. I finally gave up.You should too. Good luck in any case, -- David V.Nelson Dark,very dark 69 VW Fasback '86 GW '93 Firehawk '81 Escort '90 Escort rmcevoy1@NOSPAMtwcny.rr.com davidvnelson@hotmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "fess" <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:27 PM Subject: [T3] Mechanics, FI, built motors. > > > > I took my new '67 square to a recommended mechanic, recently, because > it's making a high pitched grinding [ ish ] noise when I release the > clutch, going into first and reverse. [ sounds like synchro's to me, > but I've been told it would pop out of gear if it was, and it does not. > ] I was looking for someone to drop the motor, and check the new > pressure plate and throwout bearing. > > This car has been built, my first built car ever. it's a 2275cc. When > I told the guy this he said. "oh, no. I don't mess with that. you need > to take it somewhere else." And I thought, ok, he's not a hotrodder, > he's a cool old school make it run well stock guy. So I asked him if he > would be interested in working my '71 FI square, and he says [ about > FI ] "Look, I stay away from the problem stuff now." > > I thought that was sort of funny. > > Anyhow, it leaves me wondering what I've gotten myself into, getting > back into type 3's without the time or space to do all the work myself. > [ actually. I'm not sure how good I was back when I did do all the work > myself. ] > > Still, I love my two "problem stuffs". > > And While I've mentioned FI, this is the only Fuel Injected VW, [ > besides the jetta. ] that i've had. Most of my life I always ran into > folks who call FI, "fuel infected". But here there seems to be a fair > amount of support for FI. > It seems to accelerate and run very smoothly. Is that the effect of my > fuel injection? or is it just that this engine is tuned better than > others I've had. [ honestly tuning, timing, carbs, is the part I was > the worst at. ] > > And last for the FI proponants, [ who happen to be dark siders? is > that zero? ] > Do people use FI on built motors ever? or can you not adjust to the > computers to work with built motors? > > Last. Is there a FI faq? my '71 FI, is sputtering now and then, and I > want to try and figure out what it is. > or where should I start learning how to troubleshoot it? > > --fess > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >