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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 |
Jun 1 2024, 09:30 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 |
@technicalninja
here you go for some "world wide" D jet. sorry to side track off L jet. a mate of mine's lancia saloon. neat little car. still running its original D jet. think its a 72 but don't quote me on that. (has a 5 speed box with identical dog leg shift pattern to a 914). there were quite a few of these in aus. i believe they were preferred to the twin carbs. did not go out of tune. but kind of intimidating to your average fix it again tony mechanics. you had to find a rational german to look after it because the italians got hysterical. he had a pile of swedish rust under a tree a few feet away from it. under the faded paint and oxidation also lurked an intact D jet system. 74 SAAB. i scored a fuel pump off it as a spare for my 914 before it went to the graveyard in the sky. most of the SAABs that came here in early to mid 70s ran D jet standard. and there were lots of these SAABS. they sold like hot cakes. great cars actually. very sad that SAAB keeled over. D Jet was more common than you think. on a lot of euro cars of that era. |
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