[Vwdiesel] NA Rabbit tuning

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

My last tank of diesel with the Bondo Golfy, I got 59MPG Imperial...roughly
47.2MPG US
Not bad for a 20 year old car with 409,000kms on it.

My Austin Mini 998cc gas engined car,  only gets 37MPG imp 29.6mpg US.

40-45US is fantastic.   How could you improve on that w/o spending gobs of
$$-?
And if you DO do that, what's the point, as you've spent lots of $$ to get
good fuel
economy and have to keep it another 10 years to see the benefits.?

:-)

Mike in NB

Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: <Libbybapa at wmconnect.com>
To: <dsloan at DRAKE.EDU>; <vwdiesel at audifans.com>
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] NA Rabbit tuning


> Here's Andrew's Top Ten VW Diesel Fuel Economizing Tips.
>
> 1.  Keep your foot off it more.
> 1.  Stop tailgating so you can avoid the brake pedal like the plague.
> 3.  New air filter.
> 4.  New injector nozzles.
> 4.  Somewhat higher breaking pressures for injectors.
> 4.  Somewhat advanced timing.
> 7.  Rering/redo valves for better compression.
> 8.  Optimize highway rpm's for torque (redo/replace tranny).
> 9.  Get a turbo engine and run it lean on the freeway (It's #9 instead of
#1
> because we're talking about economy here, not smile factor).
> 10.  Jeesh, you're already getting 40-45 mpg, are you gilding a lily?
Relax
> and smile while you pass the fuel station. :-)
>
> Andrew
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