Toyotec's How to install an ABF engine in your Mk2 Golf. Revisit of KJet car 180610

yes, that was my thought. I'm using PAS as well as A.C., if that makes sense

 

Eddie- any thoughts with this?

I did have my car set to 2% CO at idle but have now richened it up a bit to 2.75%

WUR has been tweaked to give a 48psi control pressure too- so overall it's fairly rich IMO

A richer idle setting caused the idle to hunt though the car felt a little more punchy in the mid range....

As I don't want to adjust the mixture out of MOT limits- I'm thinking a further reduction of WUR control pressure would have the effect of richening it up further, then idle could be reset

Does this sound like a plan?

It needs a proper setup ideally.

Chris

 

I'm hoping to carry out this conversion soon but want everything there ready.

Can someone tell me what gaskets i will need ie. ABF inlet manifold gasket or KR gasket, ABF exhaust manifold gasket or KR gasket etc.. or are they the same.

Thanks.

 

I rechecked it and water pump pulley is okay, as well as a.c. and alternator.

the problem remains in PAS pulley which isn't aligned with crank pulley at all.


I've used everything off the old kr, pumps mounts, pulleys, pumps, belts....

 

if ever a thread needed splitting its this one from page 4 onwards lol.. it's become it's own subforum

 

Thanks for starting this thread, it's a good starting point.

I'm currently doing this conversion on a 90 spec 8v car using a 3.2 digi engine and loom from a late MK3 golf.

I've got a few questions that I can't see answers for. I hope someone can help.

I have posted here but Toyotec has kindly pointed me to the relevent parts of this thread.

First questions are regarding the engine mounts.

My ABF is as removed from the donor car, I am using my MK2 front cross member and subframe and have bought new engine mounts, using the expensive gearbox, and cheapest of the others route, so 1300 front rubber.

I'm planning on using the 02A gearbox for my conversion, using the Seat Cable parts from a Toledo Sport, and the corrado G60 gear linkage.

Do I need to remove the mount to subframe mount bracket from my 020 and place them on my 02A?, do I need to change the ABF rear engine mount bracket to the one from my PB? is it OK to use the MK3 front engine mount bracket to attach it to my MK2 front cross member (sorry if this has been answered, but in one of the pictures it looks like a MK3 front cross member is used, hence wanting clarifcation)


In this pic



The white plugs on the left loom are G1, G2 and F on the fusebox, is that correct?, what are the remaining plugs, as I didn't remove these from my loom when preparing my base car for conversion, and I'd like to pass on what ever is needed to the lad that's digi'ing the 8v I sold him.

My ABF loom is as removed from the donor car and I'm a bit confused as I appear to have a LOT more plugs that that, with a thick black cable, thick brown cable, and a number of yellow, green and blue plugs.

I'm also planning on using MK3 clocks, I understand that I can use the MK3 clock loom and bridge two cables on my fuse box to allow me to use them on the car, meaning I'll use the speed sensor and ECU feed for rpm.

I'm not planning on using the MK3 coil pack, prefering the MK2 coil. does this present an issue?, if so how can I combat this with my chosen combination.

Am I right in thinking that if I continue to unbind my loom I'll be able to unpick these parts of the loom and be left with what's in the picture on the right? and that this plugs into my fusebox and I'm about set to go?

From what I can fathom so far, parts of my three plugs seem to branch off into other plugs on the MK3 loom, this is confusing me some what, do these wires simply splice into the same coloured wires on my MK2 loom, or do I discard what I can't see in the picture.


If it helps, I can provide pictures of what I've got at the moment, and I can cut out and document for other people that are planning to take the route I am taking.

Thanks for your help so far.

 

I think the lad I got the engine from removed the lighting loom when he took the engine from the car.

The loom is at my house, rather than the workshop, so I'll take pictures tonight.

I think I'll have another night of loom stripping tonight, , will post pics as I go along.

 

Oh and thanks Jonny , your help and feedback are appreciated.

 

First of all, scuse the crappy pics taken on my phone.



So these are the ones I want to keep yes?

I hope so..., the grey one goes off to the immobiliser unit (I've not done that bit yet), not sure what the blue/white stripe one is. The white three I think are the ones that'll go to F, G1 and G2.

This one is the speedo/clocks feed, I had to chop a couple of the cables as they went off into a yellow plug, so I guess that I splice these wires into my loom in existing car?


This is confusing me, I cut it out but have put it back in because I guessed it's one of the sensor plugs, engine isn't here for me to check.



Top plug was at the fuse box end, or at least close by to it.

Cables are blue/brown stripe and solid brown (earth?)

the blue/brown stripe cable ties into the yellow plug.

The yellow plug then has a few more cables on, there's a thicker blue stripe on brown cable that goes to the black plug (this was near the large circular plug on the loom engine end) and a green cable with red stripe.



And this one is at the engine end of the loom, I've coiled the red thick wire and brown thick wire here, as I'm not sure if they still need to go to my fusebox? I guess again brown is earth, and red is a live feed.

at the end of the brown wire is a black cable with an eye mount, looks like engine earth?

Thanks again for any help.

 

when it comes to the immobiliser ring. does it simply clip onto the mk2 barrell? and then you just buy a new key like this?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330547239236&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

im just running it with the transponder and ring taped together under the dash. would be nice to have that extra security

 

Just to add clarity to the advice from John, the picture above shows the original Digifant 2 engine control loom on the left and the 'cutdown' Digifant 3.2 MK3 unit, ready for MK2 installation on the right. Regarding immo ring and transponder both are shown in the How to thread, stuck together as that specific car had a cat 1 alarm system.

 

Thanks for the clarification guys.

I didn't get any time to work on the car this weekend, as I was wrestling my brothers Passat B3.

Hopefully it'll all get put together on Saturday.

 

transponder and chip sorted. could not have been easier! nice secure car now

 

I have just completed the kr k-jet to ABF k-jet conversion but it will not fire. Checked ht lead number 1 and it sparks and so does the king lead from the coil. But number 2,3,4 ht leads do not spark. I have tried two dizzies one of witch is brand new. I have taken the dizzie cap off and cleaned all the points up and the rotor arm. All ht leads work fine on number 1 and so do the plugs. When the engine is at TDC the dizzie is spot on the timing Mark, I can't think of anything else. Can someone shine some light on it?

Cheers, alex mac.

 

You need to use a KR dizzy, not an ABF one as it only has one window for the hall sensor. Hence only firing on one.

 

That didn't work, it back fired in the air box twice. I'll have a look and see if the spark plugs are sparking tomorrow. The leads do go 1,3,4,2. 1 starting at the bottom left going anti clockwise?

 

What dizzy are you using?