QUOTE(malcolm2 @ Aug 15 2018, 06:52 PM)
QUOTE(jcd914 @ Aug 15 2018, 07:34 PM)
I have some L-jet parts, not sure what all is there but depending on what Jim has I may be able to fill in some gaps.
IMHO L-jet works best on something other than a stock 1.8.
I have installed L-jet on both 1.7 and 2.0 engines and it worked better than any stock 1.8 I ever drove.
Stock 1.8 had really low compression and it made the engine and system really sensitive to vacuum leaks, particularly at idle. Too lean at idle and you get intake backfires that ruin your AFM.
IMHO, L-jet is a newer and better FI system that D-jet.
Jim
interesting. I made my 914 1.8 engine into a 1911 with a cam from type4store and a recommended CR of below 8. I do experience idle issues and sensitivity to vac leaks. So how low a CR are you talking?
Stock US 914 1.8 is 7.3:1 compression ratio (new before wearing out).
Euro 1.8 is 8.6:1 (carb'd engine)
Early 1.7 is 8.2:1
US 2.0 are 7.6:1
Euro 2.0 are 8.0:1
All L-jet engine are sensitive to vacuum leaks, leaks mean lean mixture on L-jet
On D-jet vacuum leaks actually cause rich running because the MPS see lower vacuum and assumes more load on the engine.
L-jet "measures" the air going into the engine a supplies fuel for the amount of air going in. If it doesn't measure all the air it does not add enough fuel for the air.
By today's standards it is a crude system but in 1974 it was a new state of the art system and D-jet was old school.
Jim