[Vwdiesel] Rabbit 1984 1.6L Turbo tests ( is she putting out ??? ).
H .Hagar
h_hagar at prcn.org
Tue Jul 8 07:18:23 EDT 2003
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No better place in the world than outside this driveway , during 52 km pow=
er test she passed with flying colors. 68 Pfherdstarke ponies for sur=
e and she did not even work up a sweat. Temp stayed rock solid at 11 o'c=
lock speed ? 100 km/h in 5th gear going up hill. Same hill rolling =
going down with idle power , she was doing 100 Km/h , that tells you the sl=
ope. The test showed that if we expect Max power (a lot more than 68 hp) =
and no smoke ever, a manual valve should be installed in line between inta=
ke manifold and " spaceship ". Test was done with AD-100 Fuel-mixture. a=
nd fully operational turbo system. She was a flying WOW . Now to keep =
her head cool during long idles (in ferry line ups in summertime) Soon M=
ike Smith --you will be grinning and wonder why it took you so long to cat=
ch on. Any good Hammer can handle a little troubleshooting like this. Mos=
t good electronics nerds I observed make for good troubleshooters if they u=
nderstand the system they are working on.(and a lot of em lurks in the shad=
ows here) Hagar.
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