Re: fuel economy

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

It should get better mileage as the motor tightens up.
 I get around 30 mpg with a 1.8 with 256 cams exhaust
and a heavy right foot.  My mileage has never gone
below 25 mpg no matter how bad I drive.  


--- Jim Jarrett <jarrett@rpa.net> wrote:
> Quoting 16v Jason <jason@scirocco.org>:
> > 
> > Interesting -- Over the past 3 years, my average
> with the PL 1.8 16v is 
> > 30MPG, or 7.9 l/100.  Not bad indeed, considering
> according to the EPA, 
> > Scirocco 16V should get 23 city, 28 highway.
> 
> I love this list. :-)
> 
> I just put gas in my 16v (it's a 1.8 w/ 2nd oversize
> pistons to make it
> ~1.9l), and calculated fuel economy.  I've been able
> to track it for 680 miles/
> 1094km, and have gotten 25.7 mi/gal / 9.15l/100km
> 
> I wasn't sure what a stock 1.8 16v got, and here it
> was, so I'm not doing too 
> bad.  My engine has about 1500 miles/2400km since
> rebuild.  I wonder if it will 
> go up as I put more miles on it?
> 
>
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