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RE: Rev Limiter
The centrifugal limiter distributor rotors are standard issue for 8v
hydraulic head watercooleds
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris DeLong [mailto:green536@hotmail.com]
> Sent: 18 August 1999 07:23
> To: Brooke Fairbanks
> Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: Rev Limiter
>
>
> AFAIK those are only found on aircooled VW's though they can
> be installed
> watercooled non-knock sensor systems. I have read in the
> Bentley sort tuning
> manual that it is the fuel pump relay and/or the injection
> brain is where
> the rev limiter is. HTH
>
>
> Chris DeLong
> '80 16V Ragtop
> '78 'Rocco
> '82 GLI
> '65 Bus (ugly, but good for campin')
> '61 17 window
> '80 'vert
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brooke Fairbanks <Brooke@minn.net>
> To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 9:04 AM
> Subject: RE: Rev Limiter
>
>
> > Isn't the cutoff on the ignition side... ...I could be
> wrong, I often
> > am... ...does the distributor rotor of a 16V have a
> centrifugal cutoff
> > built in?
> >
> > Brooke Fairbanks
> > Savage, MN
> > 87 Scirocco 16V
> > 87 GTI 8V
> > 95 Audi 90S
> > 74 Bronco
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Riley McDowall [SMTP:roog@home.com]
> > Sent: Monday, August 16, 1999 8:58 PM
> > To: dcewing1
> > Cc: Scirocco List
> > Subject: Re: Rev Limiter
> >
> > At 3:03 pm -0700 16/8/99, dcewing1 wrote:
> > > When I first joined the list there was a thread
> finishing up on how
> > >to disable the rev limiter. >I have a 1.8L 16v now and
> I've never had
> > >the V/C off so I don't know if there are cams for sure,
> >but I was told
> > >there probably was some type of performance cam installed
> and it also
> > >runs >like it has a cam. I am also upgrading to a 2.0L
> with ported and
> > >polished head, intakes, TB, >portmatched intakes,
> exhaust, Cams, etc and
> > >would like to know how to disable the rev >limiter. The
> 1.8L set up I
> > >have now seems to sag off at around 6500rpm and up to
> that point >seems
> > >like it wants to run stronger at higher RPM! Please let
> me know! Dave
> >
> > I'm kinda curious about this myself... I know you can
> replace the fuel
> pump
> > relay with a jumper wire and get rid of the fuel cutoff,
> but even after
> > doing that my car refused to rev past about 7400. It hits
> 7400 and just
> > shuts down, much like in some other rev limited cars I've
> driven. After
> > talking to my local VW-speed-addict-mechanic, I found out
> that somethign
> in
> > the ignition just isn't capable of working at those rpms.
> It's gotta be a
> > CIS-E thing though - my GF's car runs motronic with the
> european CIS fuel
> > injection bits and it spins up to 8 grand no problem.
> Possible fixes? I
> > think you gotta either go the Motronic route or else get an
> earlier Polo
> > distributor, which apparently will work fine at 8krpm. We'll see...
> >
> >
> >
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