Re: 749 conversion

[ECMnut@aol.com]

Nice work Chet!
Admit it!  Don't you feel just a little bit like DR. Frankenstien?
is this a fuel only setup, or did you use the spark management too?
If so, I was curious if you had to change many dissy parts..
Thanks,
Mike V   <when you you add the turbo?>
 
>  Well, I have finally finished the conversion I have been working on 
>  for about a year.  I have taken a 730, not a 749, with the syty code 
>  and converted it to work on a 79 Dodge Omni with the 1.7 litre 
>  engine.  Nice thing about this engine is that most, if not all of the 
>  parts, are interchangeable with VW's.  Even the cylinder head bolts 
>  right into place, no mods.  The only part that I had to make was the 
>  adapter plate to mount the TB from an 88 Sunbird turbo to the VW 
>  intake manifold(the same one from the cis engines).  To make a 
>  long story short, I set the computer to 1 bar, tweaked the injector 
>  constant to match the injectors (trial and error), messed up the VE 
>  tables beyond recognition, and went for a drive.  Let me just say 
>  this:  Oh Happy Days, it actually runs, and good at that.  If anyone 
>  has any questions, let me see if I can answer them.  
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