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• 1.9l IDI Industrial use diesel question... by 81FMICRabbit on 19 Mar, 2009 16:23
• Hello everyone!
  I have a 1.9l IDI industrial use VW engine installed in my 81 rabbit. It has some goodies such as a front mount, boost controller, and a straight pipe exhaust. Car runs amazing, makes awesome power, but my question is this...
  
  The industrial grade motors have something different in the governor that make them hang a RPM, rather then be progressive and accelerate slowly.
  
  Example- if I give my car about 1/4 throttle from a dead stop the car will quickly move up to about 1500rpm and just sit there until i give it more. It wont slowly speed up like my other diesels have. Does anyone know how to adjust the GOV  to make it act more like a normal car? Spring/shim, something inside that things gotta be able to be changed.
  Thanks!
  
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• #1 by subsonic on 19 Mar, 2009 20:21
• WHere do you live?  I have heard that those types of ip's are great for generators.  Where did you get a industrial?
• #2 by vanbcguy on 19 Mar, 2009 21:00
• You need the governor spring assembly for a car rather than an industrial motor.  The industrial engines are designed to act exactly the way you are describing - they try to achieve a certain RPM and they pin themselves there.  Great for a generator, not so good for a car.
  
  If you find a trashed IP you can swap the accelerator lever and its springs, etc over, or even better find someone who's trying to build a generator and swap pumps with them.
• #3 by Smokey Eddy on 20 Mar, 2009 01:52
• I have a Governor from a 1.6 NA you can have for just a couple bucks + shipping if you're near British Columbia, Canada, that might solve your issue?
• #4 by 81FMICRabbit on 20 Mar, 2009 11:22
• Ok, so any throttle assembly out of any IDI will work? No matter if its a 1.6NA, TD, etc...? That being said, I have never been into the guts of an Injector pump. Would anyone have some nice colorful photos on how to swap out the bits required?
  
  Thanks to all!, and yes i may very well be interested in your Injection Pump bits.
  
  
  Thanks!
• #5 by autoholic on 20 Mar, 2009 14:13
• Cool, I think this answers my question about my recent post. I just bought an industrial IP, new for 160. I'm pretty sure I can simply use the gov spring stuff from an Auto pump.
  regarding diagrams/pics, go to the FAQ's and look around, there is tons of great info about VE pumps.