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Old 03-17-2011, 12:19 AM   #10 (permalink)
fjasper
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Sylvio 2 - '04 Audi allroad quattro Biturbo 6-spd
90 day: 25.09 mpg (US)

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That last one looks suspiciously like an early constant velocity (CV) carb with a creative choke mechanism. Good stuff.

My wife's 89 Tercel had a CV (they called it variable venturi) carb in it, and got 55mpg when it was working right. Which almost never happened.
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