----- Original Message ----- From: "VW Engines" <sa...@vw-engines.com> To: "Phillip Matheson" <mathe...@dodo.com.au> Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: Re: KR> EFI contrast to Ron Slender remarks
> > --Philip/ Colin > > Just wondering where Colin will buy a computer off a car that will work off > the shelf with a 2200 vw air cooled engine. > > Sure car engines have computers and work well with the engine they came out > of. > They cannot work out multi coil set up ( unless they were one originally) and > I would say difficult to work a dual ignition type arrangement. > > The problem it that there isn't a car you could take an EFI system out of to > retro fit to a VW engine. > That is why anyone who tries cannot afford the development and the time > involved. > > That is why we have created a system that does produce excellent fuel burn, > compensates in altitude and you can actually buy one of these engines from > us both as 2000 and 2200 EFI. > We have batch fire injectors and we run off MAP sensor Colin. > We use block temp to monitor start enrichment. That is all we need. We have > incoming air temperature too. > And a good design planum. > > If for say you picked on any late model engine and left it as it was and > fitted it to an aircraft subject prop rpm the engine as an efi engine would > most likely work fine. The problem is as I said there aren't any air cooled > ones and small liquid ones are heavy so what are the options?Although, the > computer may still keep asking for sensors that are no longer needed. > This is ok as a 1 off but with our experience with electronics new looms are > essential and fitted and tested so that minimal expertise is required by > the aircraft builder in respect off installing an EFI engine. > Our computers are the latest in aftermarket EFI management fully programmable > with multi coils. > You can even buy a card and data log your flight. > > I don't know where I can buy an aircooled, EFI engine, that produces a 100 > hp + at efficient prop rpm that can data log flight engine operation. > Choices start to get pretty narrow when you include all that. > > VW Engine Centre makes a 2000 and 2200 EFI gear drive experimental engine. > > Very soon there will be an RG TT 2200 EFI in an XL in the USA and he is > surrounded by some carb engine Jabiru 6`s so all the armchair talk will be > out the window with strong comparisons available on a level playing field. > Whatever the outcome, I think you would have to get in the que to see this > engine in the aircraft. > > > > Ron Slender > > > > Phillip Matheson mathe...@dodo.com.au Australia VH PKR See our engines and kits at. http://www.vw-engines.com/ http://www.homebuilt-aviation.com/ See my KR Construction web page at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/FlyingKRPhil/VHPKR.html 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
