back in december i bought a adaptronic e420 with a view to fitting EFI to my 5 and to see if cost could be kept to a minimum. my first manifold ( from the skoda) turned out that when fitted to the car would require a new downpipe to be made.
following a quote for a new downpipe i bought a manifold from micheal t.
after getting all the parts i needed together and some advice from the boards the instalation started.
first off was to cut a section from the back of the glovebox and to connect the ecu to the existing fuel pump relay socket along with a new 4 way fuse block and reley for the fuel pump.
next was to remove the old carb and inlet manifold and all other bits i would not now need and to fit the new manifold. along with the new fuel pipes and to thread all the wire i would need through the bulkhead and into the engine bay.
new fuel lines were brought up to the engine bay and the fuel pump changed over. injectors were then fitted and plumbed in.
after some soldering crimping connecting things back up the electrics were tested out and all was well. with the car ready for its first test. so that full sequential injection could be used a new sensor had to be fitted and set up on the old dizzy arm. after a lot of marking out and drilling /tapping holes all was ready.
the improvement over the carb is amazing and the increase in power worth the cost scraped fingers and fustrations that i have come across while carrying out the conversion. the car feels like new and still handels well with the extra power gained.
so now all is done i would like to thank the members on her who have helped out with parts and bits needed. others who have had a chat over there conversions and most of all chris at EFI parts
