Re: Alarm recommendations for 16v?

[sheridan@vanceandhines.com (Brad Sheridan)]

>At 01:28 AM 3/1/97 -0800, you wrote:
>
>>A while ago in EC (or was it back in the VW&P days?) there was an easy
>>trick to allow the car to start but would stall after a short distance.  I
>>guess the advantage was that it wasn't as obvious in it's action as a kill
>>switch.  Anyone remember how to do this?
>>
>>
>>Thanks as usual, b------
>
>        That device you are talking about was/is part of the Jacobs ignition
>system.  They had the built in feature that would do just what you descibed.
>So if we are talking about the same thing then it is no simple modification.
>But I always wondered how they accomplished that (electronically that is.)
>

I think what hes referring to is in an issue of VW&P, maybe Aug.'90, the
one with the complete engine listing. It involed using the tach output, but
I don't remember what they did. I have it at home, I'll look it up.

Brad


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