Why did the 1.8 engines have L-jet? Options

[VaccaRabite]

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

[technicalninja]

Druckfühlergesteuert...

Now, there's a mouthful!

I've got one of your L-Jet harnesses that I bought from another member with a "complete L-jet system". Your harness is the MAIN reason I purchased it.

Truely WORLD CLASS.

You KICK ASS on harnesses, Sir!

You could probably sell the same basic critter to the Z car world as well...

[JeffBowlsby]

Thanks!

Then there was also Rochester Ramjet for certain American muscle but it was a mechanical-based injection that died on the vine:

"The Rochester Ramjet is an automotive fuel injection system developed by the Rochester Products Division of General Motors and first offered as a high-performance option on the Corvette and GM passenger cars in 1957. It was discontinued partway through 1965 in favor of the Chevrolet Big Block as a performance option.[1][2] Unlike electronic fuel injection systems that would become common decades later, the Ramjet is purely mechanical and relies on vacuum and pressure signals to measure airflow and meter fuel.[3]"