VW Mechanical Injection
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yes and no
You can't convert the CIS or CISE mechanical injection to electronic/change the injectors to electronic.
But you can update/backdate to the Digifant II electronic injection system. Then all the options to change and/or program the ECU become available and legal.
A third option available is to change/reprogram the CIS/CISE control-box/ECU using the existing injectors, but IMHO not worth the trouble.
You can't convert the CIS or CISE mechanical injection to electronic/change the injectors to electronic.
But you can update/backdate to the Digifant II electronic injection system. Then all the options to change and/or program the ECU become available and legal.
A third option available is to change/reprogram the CIS/CISE control-box/ECU using the existing injectors, but IMHO not worth the trouble.
shwah
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Phil is correct.
If the car is an 8v, you can swap in the stock digifant hardware and run a programmable ecu.
If the car is a 16v, the 1.8 has to use the CIS-E stuff, and the 2.0 has to use the CIS-Motronic.
I don't know much about the latter, but you can get the fueling you want out of CIS-E, and you can run programmable timing. There were "chips" available for the CIS-Motronic cars, so there may be more capability there if someone is able to do the development and figure out what does what in that box.
If the car is an 8v, you can swap in the stock digifant hardware and run a programmable ecu.
If the car is a 16v, the 1.8 has to use the CIS-E stuff, and the 2.0 has to use the CIS-Motronic.
I don't know much about the latter, but you can get the fueling you want out of CIS-E, and you can run programmable timing. There were "chips" available for the CIS-Motronic cars, so there may be more capability there if someone is able to do the development and figure out what does what in that box.