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Why did the 1.8 engines have L-jet? |
VaccaRabite |
May 31 2024, 08:05 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,571 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Has there ever been a reason Porsche/VW speced L-jet injection for the 1.8 engines instead of D-jet like the 1.7 and 2.0 engines used?
Usually when manufactures do this there are financial reasons for the change. Either they have the same engine on other vehicles they produce, or its just cheaper to use whatever part is being used. But Porsche didn't use the T4 motor on other cars at the time. And if it was cheaper, they would have done away with Djet on the 1.7 and 2.0. I don't think VW was using l-let at the time for the bus... but maybe? There has to be a reason that Porsche wanted Ljet on the 1.8. Zach |
wonkipop |
May 31 2024, 07:12 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,658 Joined: 6-May 20 From: north antarctica Member No.: 24,231 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
the member here who cracked all this open was @L-Jet914 .
he had the keys to the info vault and threw me a set. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) thats when you realise a porsche 914 really was a marketing exercise as a porsche in north america. behind the scenes VW-North America are handling the whole thing. all the documentation for USEPA and CARB certification is handled by VW NA. the 914s are lumped in with other VW models. the documentation is not handled by car models but rather by engine types. then the various models utilising the engine type are listed as subsets. the documentation applies to engine by engine listings.' and porsche are off on their own with the 911 models. and all the documentation for their cars is submitted and processed by Dr. Ing Porsche Stuttgart etc. they have absolutely zero to do with US certification of the 914s. so anything to do with those VW engines is VW doing it and making the calls. and the other interesting thing is its ultimately VW handling all the warranty matters to do with the cars. like if your engine blew up. VW handled the new engine etc. sure you went to a Porsche-Audi dealer but in the USA that was a subsidiary of VW North America. this is despite or slightly against the idea that porsche take over responsibility for control of the 914 project from 1973/74 onwards. i think its a little more complex than that. its more like VW pull out of it, and start to become more the builders of the cars and the suppliers of all its components. they still call shots because essentially they tell porsche what they can have for the cars from an available pool of components and secondly what they will certify and warranty in various markets in terms of those components. |
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