With the changes to the rules for Improved Touring in 2005, the 2.0l
16v is legal in ITA (the class which I currently run) at a weight
around 2400 lbs. Since my car is currently 125 lbs overweight with
the 1.8l, I'm sorely tempted to go with the 2.0l motor. Not only
does this solve my weight problem (shuddup) but I'm hoping this will
help my power issues as well since I'll most likely step up to
Moronic engine management.
Herein lies the problem - I don't know anything about VW's version of
Motronic which I've heard is referred to as CIS-Motronic. My biggest
question (initially) revolves around the injectors. The injectors
themselves aren't electric, right? If so, how are the injectors
fired on CIS-Motronic? Can I control the injectors to richen the
mixture at high RPMS and so forth?
I'm limited to keeping any electronic modifications "within the
factory computer box" but would love to do something like the Honda
boys are doing and stuff an aftermarket engine management system into
the car (probably Electromotive since I have friends there). Once I
know how the injectors fire, then I'll have a better handle on what I
can do next. In any case, I figure that a balanced and blueprinted
2.0 with a header and legal head work should produce 140 hp at the
crank (up from 134) which is fairly healthy. The next step is to
dump the spare 1.8L 16v that's sitting in the shed and source a
decent 2.0L motor...
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