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Old 05-02-2012, 06:53 PM   #15 (permalink)
Frankencar
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GTI TDI - '91 Volkswagen Golf GTI
Diesel
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I'm quite impressed with the FE myself. And the foam stuffed in the grill idea is great - that will probably by my next thing as it's quick, cheap, and temporary. I will probably not be doing H20 injection anytime soon though as my energy and $ are going in to getting the VR6 suspension, 300x25MM front brakes With Porsche calieprs, and LRR tires - lookl like I will get the Pirelli P7 Centurato 185/55r15.

I already ahve a scangauge installed - it's quite helpful. I find it overestimates fuel consumption when driving hard and underestimates when driving really carefully.

I could easily delete mirrors with OEM blockoff plates - but the safety loss isn't worth it to me. I am also without muffler or Meow right now. Just 2.5" Turbo-back with nothing in it. It's not really very loud at all, and the older VW diesels didn't have cats. I really like the flat belly pan idea - I will need to look into making one for this. It doesn't look all that difficult.

I have no EGR on this either. Warmup is very long - and I wouldn't say my tune improves MPG... the goal of the tune is more power, without hurting MPG. I'm probalby about 120WHP now - and will be making much more once my new nozzles arrive and I get the new MAP sensor board designed and installed, followed by a remap.

Quite the interesting article on boost... I buess more is better!

I can get B5 here for a really good price - may give that a try. WVO is not for me.

interesting use of various flammible liquids to run a diesel... I'm going to stick with something a bit more proven though.
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