mk 2 abf

[pedr088]

Thinking of putting an abf into the mk 2 keeping kjet is it case just buying block and head and bolting the kjet stuff to it.

Also what manifold did people use

Cheers

[Neo Badness]

Without being snide, this has been covered in some depth previously. Personally I would say buy a donor car complete and fit the whole EFi setup.

Toyotec has made a very good guide.

http://www.clubgti.com/showthread.php?133418-Toyotec-s-How-to-install-an-ABF-engine-in-your-Mk2-Golf-Revisit-of-KJet-car-180610

[Wayne]

Better to fit the complete setup.

[mk2bal]

I disagree. My Kjet abf made 160bhp and was spot on for years. The Kjet is the only thing that was good! H/g went, crank keyway failed etc etc but the Kjet side of things was fine. If you are running a fine Kjet setup then just drop the engine in, it's a weekends work to do a nice job of it. Wiring and fuelling swap etc just isn't worth it for the marginal gains. I was bored within 5 minutes of it anyways, so now it's 223bhp from an agu k03s.

[Simeon]

I disagree. My Kjet abf made 160bhp and was spot on for years.

So does an abf on proper management, except it also returns 40mpg and doesn't need setting up every 5 minutes.  Fit it properly or don't bother in my opinion. Easy swap.

[weazgti]

It's also nice to have an old shed that runs spot on all the time and always starts instantly.
Rather than the revs plummeting at junctions and cutting out when cold

[Gambit]

easiest way is to bolt the abf bottom end to existing k-jet head.

anybody who complains about kjet just cant set them up really :p

[gazareth]

yeah and im sure an abf management wouldn't be 100% reliable forever more anyway. I mean how many k jet equipped cars do you see stranded at the roadside?

[molegti]

yeah and im sure an abf management wouldn't be 100% reliable forever more anyway. I mean how many k jet equipped cars do you see stranded at the roadside?

But how many k jet equipped cars do you see?

I suppose it depends on what you have to start with I'm midway an abf conversion on a a late ce1 8v digi and I'm using the abf management. If my car had been a 16v I'm not sure i wouldn't have retained k jet.

[VW BUSH]

yeah and im sure an abf management wouldn't be 100% reliable forever more anyway. I mean how many k jet equipped cars do you see stranded at the roadside?

But how many k jet equipped cars do you see?

I suppose it depends on what you have to start with I'm midway an abf conversion on a a late ce1 8v digi and I'm using the abf management. If my car had been a 16v I'm not sure i wouldn't have retained k jet.

Kjet was fitted to fords from about 83 to 91, onion XR2/3 etc etc. With a gas analyser and some patience can be set up to be quite effective, although efi is much better and reliable for longer periods.