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Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.
- Subject: Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.
- From: matt at safearmy.com (matt)
- Date: Fri Jul 1 14:48:39 2005
actually i don't know if that's true. The VW owners manual says 91 ron which i think is the euro octane rating system and 87 clc which is what we use in north america. so i think 87 is what it's designed for. I'm no expert so i could be wrong
Matt
1981 Mars Red
1984 Wolfsburg
1987 8v Auto
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> From: "David Utley" <fahrvegnugen@cox.net>
> Subject: Re: Re: Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.
> Sent: 01 Jul 2005 19:36:55
>
> Regular grade in that era WAS 91.... :-)
>
> BTW, I consistently run 93, and enjoy the difference...
>
> David
> >
> > From: "matt" <matt@safearmy.com>
> > Date: 2005/07/01 Fri PM 02:52:49 EDT
> > To: "scirocco-l@scirocco.org" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Subject: Re: Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.
> >
> > I just use regular. It's 87 or 89 I can't remember. The car runs just fine. In fact I consider it a waste of money to run a higher grade of fuel in a stock 8v. The engine was designed to run prefectly well on regular grade.
> > Matt
> > 1981 Mars Red
> > 1984 Wolfsburg
> > 1987 8v Auto
> > Louisville, KY
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> > > From: "Neptuno" <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
> > > Subject: Re: Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.
> > > Sent: 01 Jul 2005 18:35:10
> > >
> > > 93
> > >
> > > _ROGER CONCHA _ wrote:
> > > what gas are you using tony?
> > >
> > > On 7/1/05, Neptuno wrote:
> > > > Is that city or Hwy matt? My 82 auto is a pig on gas.....I can reack 26 only with HWY driving....
> > > >
> > > > matt wrote:
> > > > Don't feel bad. I can only manage about 26 mpg in my 8v automatic.
> > > > Matt
> > > > 1981 Mars Red
> > > > 1984 Wolfsburg
> > > > 1987 8v Auto
> > > > Louisville, KY
> > > > -------Original Message-------
> > > > > From: "Dan Bubb"
> > > > > Subject: Re: Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.
> > > > > Sent: 01 Jul 2005 17:21:59
> > > > >
> > > > > Well, with a 4 speed your mileage isn't suprising.
> > > > > My 84 always got about 28 mpg no matter how I drove it with the close ratio
> > > > > 5 speed.
> > > > > Dan
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "GGehrke"
> > > > > Subject: Re: Fuel economy and improving it, among other things.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I don't remember the exact year of your car, but know it's a MK I.
> > > > > > So, I assume 1.6L, regular mechanical/vacuum advance distributor, CIS w/O2
> > > > > > sensor, and wide ratio 5 speed tranny (FF, FN, FO type stuff).
> > > > >
> > > > > 1.8 8V (swapped in by PO) which is, I guess, CIS-lambda (has O2
> > > > > sensor) with original 4spd tranny. I have a 5spd in my other car that
> > > > > I might swap this fall.
> > > > >
> > > > > And Roger: Me, own a MkII? absolutely not. :-p
> > > > >
> > > > > > Last, get some lowering springs so the nose of your car isn't up in the
> > > > > > air
> > > > > > causing all the air to go under the car and cause a lot of extra drag ;^)
> > > > >
> > > > > yea yea, i know.
> > > > >
> > > > > And I just realized Cathy must not be checking email yet this morning
> > > > > or she surely would have told me to take off my duckbill to decrease
> > > > > drag. heh.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Grant-
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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