The New GoWesty EFI Parts Kit

[pushkick]

just some thoughts on GW EFI or engine management system. seems to me that that if someone wanted to make a ecu that would work on the waterboxer they could have used the subaru ecu and just reprogramed the system to work for the water boxer. this would have allowed the use of existing sensors etc. i dont know if general motors has an opposed 4 cyclinder engine that was similar. i wonder why GW decided to go with an american engine management system? never reinvent the same wheel when you dont have to just modify it. subaru has all the sensors and other parts that would be needed to control the water boxer engine. seems like less work to change or rewrite programs than using a completely different system. why didnt they partner with someone like mega squirt for their application?
there are several threads where people have used a mega squirt system. i wonder if the persons who have made the effort would share their set up and work with people who wanted to make the switch to mega squirt?
if GW uses a standard GM ecu that has been reprogrammed will you only be able to purchase replacements from GW? will they be around in 5 years? will this be a under funded, and a marketing failure that will leave people with a system that is NLA or supported? i applaud what GW is doing and think it is great for the boxer engine and older van owners.
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[SyncroChrick]

The first batch of the kit sold out in 72 hours. Very impressive.

[hdenter]

How many in the batch?
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[oceanair]

Seems more than fair to me. Research, parts, getting it reliable enough to mass produce, small batches due to limited number of vans and the profit that they deserve. More than fair to get rid of the troubles of an old system and all of it's foibles. Not to mention the new harness, OBD2.

I am disappointed that it does not cross over easily to the 1.9, but no surprise there.
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[hdenter]

"More than fair"... I don't know, it's hard to say since we don't know what their cost of materials are and just how much it cost to get the tuning done to get the CARB. My opinion is that it does not make financial sense to purchase it for a stock Vanagon. For a lot less money you can fully overhaul the digifant system with new harness and sensors and all the main components replaced or rebuilt. The stock system is just fine stock and 2.2-2.3 motors. The $1200 or so you could save doing that would buy you some other nice goodies for your van.


Hans
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'84 sunroof vanagon
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[gbrandt]

I've got this installed in my GW 2.3 litre engine. I have an older install that is currently missing the updated crank sensor. I've been told that when I get around to installing that I'll see a big improvement....which is hard to believe because she is running so great right now.

I've put about 30,000 km on this setup and it works amazingly well. My fuel economy is way better when just cruising. If I put lots of load on the engine my fuel economy is worse. I have gotten over 23.5 MPG when running on a flat at around 90 KPH. My average since the new EFI in all kinds of driving is 17.5 MPG (MPG are in US gallons).

I can't say much about the extra power, I was running the real old version of GW EFI before I updated to this new version (used that to drive to Argentina)...that version felt that it gave more power as well so I don't feel a huge difference.

Gregor
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[Merian]

"More than fair" can be based on the costs of production & R&D from the sellers viewpoint

or... can be based on the cost rel. to other options from the buyers viewpoint



sometimes, there is no overlap of the two
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[Luckyphil]

Well there is at least 50 new owners of this system(said to have sold out in 72 hours) However not a peep out of anyone of them yet. Someone must have fitted theirs by now so how about some feedback.

[bobbyblack]

[Syncronoid]

Any feedback yet from new owners of the new system?? Please?
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[Luckyphil]

At least 50 kits sold probably more and not a single feedback post. Seems that Gowesty has stifled buyers from providing any feedback till they approve. Could it possibly be none are fitted yet or is it not just plug and play or are there issues?

[ledogboy]

[Luckyphil]

[Kkinsch]

[gbrandt]

[Red Beard]

[SCM]

[hdenter]

Hey Gregor,

Is that 17.5mpg average with an automatic or manual trans?

Hans
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[gbrandt]

[hdenter]

That doesn't seem like much of an improvement over stock performance for a manual trans van. Are you accounting for the 11% difference in tire size on your odometer reading?

Hans
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'84 sunroof vanagon
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