Golf 2 Shipments to Australia

Shortstuff · 09-04-2007, 06:13 PM

Originally Posted by syncro

I'm not sure, but I thought there were no Golf 2 digifants, just K and KE (the electronic K)

I thought the engine code for K-jet 8v was DX, but I may well be wrong! My 1988 PB engined 8v GTI (UK car) was Digifant. Never heard of a Digifant 16v though.

**static1800** · 09-04-2007, 06:22 PM

mine is an August 90 build and August 91 compliance, so could well have been sold in 92.

**static1800** · 09-04-2007, 06:23 PM

we only got 8v digi over here. Mine is an RV code. I believe there is a 16v digi in the US.

**h100vw** · 09-04-2007, 07:21 PM

DX is the very early MK2 1800 with solid tappets, also fitted in the 1800 mk1s.

EV is the Kjet 1800 MK2 motor with hydraulic tappets.

The spams didn't get a digifant MK2 16V to the best of my considerable knowledge

. What they had was the 9A motor which had KE-motronic. This system is basically a posh K-jet. The ECU is one that you can chip unlike the KR, it has twin knock sensors and a lambda probe which allows the ECU to keep the mixture under control for the emissions.

It is pretty clever in the way that it does this. In K-jet there is the control pressure regulator/warm up regulator which richens the mixture during cold starts.

On the 9A the CPR/WUR is not fitted and it's job is done by a small valve on the side of the metering head. This has the ability to alter the control pressure up and down and thus change the mixture electrically.

The 9A was also fitted to the Corrado and Passat, it had a cat and a softer inlet cam.

This motor was superceeded by ABF which came to Australia in the Ibiza.
Gavin

syncro · 12-04-2007, 08:10 AM

I think we had the 9A in the '91 Passat.

**20vkitcar** · 12-04-2007, 09:29 PM

phil you are correct in all you say...I sold these cars new ..there were only 2 shipments and they werent dumped in australia..we had to fight tooth and nail to get a good price off the germans....correct re emission control thru the manifold....using a later 2.0 golf mk3 manifold changes these cars dramatically as do the air intake and adjustable cam gear....phil we sold 91 gti's in 92 we also had a very rare last minute cabrio order in 92/93 as the germans gave us a very good deal on the last run. the only way to really know your year model is via a chassis number exactly as phil described....did you also know we retro fitted Oettinger kit's to these cars (3 only) at importer level in a vain attempt to improve preformance....TKM knocked in on the head as all gti were going to be retrofitted with this kit...will try and find a bit of trivia re mk2 gti's aussie style....cheers steve

**anarchycamp** · 01-05-2007, 10:57 AM

I am going to check out a 5dr Mk2 GTI in the next week or so, if i get the VIN, where can I find out where it was built etc?

Am pretty sure its Seth Frican but interested none the less.

syncro · 01-05-2007, 01:05 PM

Originally Posted by anarchycamp

I am going to check out a 5dr Mk2 GTI in the next week or so, if i get the VIN, where can I find out where it was built etc?

Am pretty sure its Seth Frican but interested none the less.

WAU..................... Sth Efrikn
WVW...................... Deutschland

**Golf Loon** · 01-05-2007, 06:59 PM

Originally Posted by anarchycamp

I am going to check out a 5dr Mk2 GTI in the next week or so, if i get the VIN, where can I find out where it was built etc?

Am pretty sure its Seth Frican but interested none the less.

Some of the South African private imports are kjet with the solid lifter motor and go heaps harder than the aussie cars. Good buyin imo

syncro · 02-05-2007, 07:13 AM

Originally Posted by Golf Loon

Some of the South African private imports are kjet with the solid lifter motor and go heaps harder than the aussie cars. Good buyin imo

Grammatical error there Matt.

"All of the K-Jet motors go harder than the Australian cars."

The engines are German, but the bodies are crap. And if you think the German VWs are hard to get parts for