Thread: V-dub.
View Single Post
Old 05-24-2008, 02:01 PM   #30 (permalink)
JustThisGuy
EcoModding Lurker
 
Join Date: May 2008
Posts: 10
Thanks: 0
Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts
Quote:
Originally Posted by dremd View Post
there was an series in vw trends about hypermileing a bug a while ago. It is online someplace . . .
I'm pretty sure it was an article in Hot VWs, at first the articles were interesting, but then for some reason they completely abandoned their carb set up, which got them up to 38 mpg, without even bothering to check out more efficient distributors, or really even experimenting with the timing of the distributor or the jetting of the carbs, in favor of dumping a shiny new, rediculously expensive, electronic fuel injection on to their motor, which has to date only netted them 36 mpg. Go figure.
  Reply With Quote