[Vwdiesel] Correct link! Hagars ECO -- Bunny Bondo )//Bondo Golfy

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

try this picture link AGAIN
http://www.stingraysmadness.com/miniportal/albums/userpics/10007/Bondo%20Gol
fy.jpg
Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: "H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:47 PM
Subject: Hagars ECO -- Bunny Bondo )//Bondo Golfy


> Your bunny sounds a lot like my ol' 86 Golf, LOL!
> Check this recent picture out:
>
http://www.stingraysmadness.com/miniportal/displayimage.php?album=random&cat
> =10007&pos=-30
> The paint is actually WORSE than it looks here/
>
> Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
> 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
> NB
> Canada
> E6L 1T1
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org>
> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:51 PM
> Subject: [Vwdiesel] ECO -- VW ----( Hagars ECO -- Bunny Bondo )
>
>
> " Bunny Bondo "  is a cutie VW  -- Metallic light Blue  4 door   1.6L
Turbo
> (Garrett)  1984  Mag wheels
>  No she did not start out as a ECO .    BUT for the last two years  ----
> ECO every mile ---or should I say every
> happy mile ?.
>
> I did NOT know about ECO's   when I started to Hillbilly Tune   her.
> After about a year
> of super performance     ---- I found out that VW did  the same as Hagar.
> With a bit
> of  variance.
>
> She goes 900 miles on a feed. (  42 Litres ).
>
> Possible mostly with help from this group.    -----    The way I remember
> the ECO explanation is like this
> ECO does not stand for economy  ---   has to do with pollution.
> "Ecological" ?.
>
> VW was faced with loosing its foothold  in USA   so they took the  LDA off
> the turbo 1.6  and
> added a cat.    Like I have been saying for some time  ---the VW 1.6
> thrives on lots of
> manifold pressure.   ----   lots of vortex  and swirling  gives a good
burn.
> And opening that intake
> valve at 5 psi overpressure is different --- than opening it at a slight
> underpressure.
>
> Furthermore  the way I understand superchargers they heat the ingoing air.
> Making
> for a better ignition.
>
> I did NOT remove the LDA  ---- I just made it avaiable on command .
> Here in BC Canada  we have a few little hills where the LDA comes in real
> handy.
>
> So Hagars cutie can change her image  from frugal to a REAL TIGER:   at
the
> flick of a switch.
>
> When I got snared by her she was a wild one ---I guess about a 100 HP and
> clouds of smoke.
>
> After a lot of TLC   ----wow she became a real pussycat.   type Bunny. No
> smoke NO slipping the
> clutch  (a la James Hansen)  ----but driveable -----very driveable.
Just
> love that thing.
> She drives like a sportscar ---50 psi front tires ---- NO power steering
> needed.
>
> When I got her the Turbo hardly moved ----   but a year later running her
> extra LEAN ?
> the thing cleaned itself  ----and she sure howls now  ---so now I will NOT
> have to clean
> it.   -------------  a Turbo working 20 years ?   ---thats is no
> chickenfeed.    KIlometers on
> clock ?   getting close to 300 000.
>
> When Ferguson came in here --one of the first things he mentioned  was how
> sensitive
> turbines are to gook on the blades.  --- This proves that point.
>
> Hagar.
>
> PS :    Google   ECO  VW.
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