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Subject:Re: 2.1l to TDI conversion
From:Per Lindgren
Date:Sat, 26 Feb 2000 18:13:08 +0100

And what rpms do you see @ 100 kmh with those big 16" wheels of yours??

PerL
87 Syncro 112i

David Marshall wrote:

> I personally get 13L per 100km with an average speed of 100km/h this is
> running CIS with a knock sensing ignition from an 86 Jetta GLI set to
> +12BTDC, CO is 1.5%  Other people who run CIS-E (Electronic version of my
> CIS) get 11L per 100km and one of my customers with OBD-1 Montronic gets
> between 10 and 12L per 100km
>
> 10L / 100km = 24mpg (OK, not quite 25mpg)
> 11L/ 100km = 22mpg
> 12L/ 100km = 20mpg
> 13L/ 100km = 18.5 mpg
>
> At 03:19 PM 25/02/2000 -0800, Grant Holst wrote:
> >David Marshall wrote:
> >>
> >> 25 MPG and more HP is achievable with a 2.0L gasoline motor for much less
> >> money and technical challanges than a TDI.
> >
> >David,
> >I get about 20 mpg with my Eurospec engine in a 2wd GL.
> >How do you get 25 mpg with your engine?
> >
> >Grant
> >
> >
>
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