[Vwdiesel] Pump timing 1.6 Turbo

[Travis Gottschalk]

I was able to get my rabbit car up to 101 mph in death valley once. Took several miles but I figured you can't get more O2 then being below sea level right. That was with a good geared tranny 4 spd. The truck could never do that though. Then once I put the 5 spd and the 1.9 TD I was able to get about 115 but that was 4000 ft elevation then. And there was a GPS involved. I always wondered why the stopping at 85 on a lot of cars. I know the first lumina's (chevy) were like that as well but they governed out at 105.  


> AFIK, all the 107A pumps are yellow dot.  Most 1980 Rabbits  seemed to have 
> them. I think some '79's may have but I never saw an '81  with one (1.5 
> only).  The earlier ones timed at .88mm then the jump to the  1.15mm with the 
> yellow dot.  Always thought the use of a splotch of  "wrecking yard" paint 
> was an odd way to identify the series of a car's  component!
>   My guess would be that they went to that pump, for better  performance, 
> but then for some reason, they found it unacceptable for the 1.6  engine, so 
> stopped use of it.  There was some year where no US destined car  could have 
> a speedometer that read over 85mph (yes even Ferrari's) but that  shouldn't 
> have anything to do with it.  The cars could still go faster,  just had to 
> do it with the speedo pegged.  Not like there was any fear of a  diesel 
> Rabbit going faster than 85mph anyway!
>      Loren
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