Bosch Automotive Tradition, "Classic" D-Jetronic parts from Bosch Options

[pbanders]

As I mentioned in another thread, make sure to check out the Bosch Automotive Traditions web site at:

http://www.automotive-tradition.com/en/start/index.htm

It's not cheap, but many hard-to-find parts are available there. They will also rebuild your AAR and MPS for you with Bosch parts, and calibrated to Bosch standards. No idea of how much that costs (think "expensive"). Just saw where they are selling the trigger contact points that George Hussey said Bosch is discontinuing from their regular product line. They also have all three types of fuel injectors.

[Brett W]

So I see that BOsch will fix the parts, but what is the point beyond keeping an archaic FI design operational? For the price of keeping the Djet alive you could move to a more modern digital fuel injection system that would make more power, be more drivable, and give better emissions. Plus parts are much cheaper.

[JeffBowlsby]

That line of thinking is a distoration, a misconception and misleading for most 914 owners. If you are customizing a race car or doing 914s as hobby in your free time or have some extreme performance goals, then thats a different matter. To each his own.

Realistically, price out a complete install of a good quality, time proven modern EFI system - everything included, the research and tuning to make it work, the hardware changes, the new components you need to buy, and to fabricate the adaptations...and include the market value of your time. You will discover it is in the $1000s of dollars. A $300. MS box that you assemble yourself is not the end of the story. When the 'updated' EFI install breaks, you need to fix it yourself, no one else will want to touch it. Where is the benefit of that?

Compare that to just maintaining the stock D-Jet. Each part is available somewhere, and lasts a long time. A few hundred dollars now and then for a worn out part, is not unreaslistic in the long run. I have driven a stock D-jet 2.0L for 12 years now. Daily, with no problems and very little attention or maintenance. I can even send it to a shop if needed..its a simple system.

The only reason to change to a newer EFI is if the D-Jet parts sources completely dry up or if you have some other performance needs that the stock D-jet cannot handle.

So I see that BOsch will fix the parts, but what is the point beyond keeping an archaic FI design operational? For the price of keeping the Djet alive you could move to a more modern digital fuel injection system that would make more power, be more drivable, and give better emissions. Plus parts are much cheaper.