Don't mistake the complexity of Fuel Injection with the simplicity of Electronic Ignition. I have a EA-81 sitting in the corner that has EI. It is a conventional appearing distributor with a small black box, about 1 inch X 1/2 inch by 1 inch inside. It sits next to a four corner star wheel on the distributor shaft and acts as a points switch. Two wires lead out of the distributor and connect to a conventional appearing coil.
The black box is inside a distributor about the same size as one on the VW. Weights inside the distributor provide advance, no vacuum advance is used. This system could be adapted easily by providing a mounting plate and figuring on how to mount the star wheel to the shaft. I have an O200 on my KR and did not use the EA-81. Phil Payne N39PP ronev...@cox.net wrote: >Netters; > The concept of adapting the Subbie ignition to a VW seems to me that it > is almost impossible. Most of the sensors that make the Subbie EI so niffty > are located on the intake manifold. And the Subbie manifold is probably way > to big to adapt to a VW. On the other hand, why would you want to try to > adapt it to a VW. It would probably be cheaper and easier just to use the > entire Subbie package. The main concerns seem to me would be the addition of > a PSRU, radiator and increased weight. By the times you've done all of that, > the Corvair seems like a better alternative. I think adapting an EI to the > Corvair would be one hell of an idea. > >RV > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 266.3.0 - Release Date: 2/21/2005
