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A few years ago Hot VWs magazine was working on a "mileage motor" project, exploring ways to make an old aircooled Beetle into a thrifty daily driver. The car they started with delivered about 28mpg initially with the new engine, but with a lot of chassis tuning the car was good for 30mpg - about 7% increase.
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au contraire. [W]ith a lot of
chassis engine tuning the car was good for
30 38mpg.
The goal was 40mpg in a stock bodied Beetle. They eventually reached IIRC 38+mpg after they spent prolly $5000.
https://www.cbperformance.com/Articles.asp?ID=300
The articles came out in 2006.