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On Thu, 2003-08-28 at 09:25, Wilson Webb wrote: > Aaron- > I have one of Jakes 2056 engines and I am VERY happy with it except > for one thing, the gas mileage! The figures that you quote from his > website (http://www.aircooledtechnology.com/Home_Page.htm) are not > speaking about Type 3's, but about Type 1's. I was really looking > forward to better figures as well but because of the space limitations > both our carb manifolds and our carb air filters have to be > dramatically shortened. This combined with a few smaller factors > greatly reduces the mpg that the same engine would get otherwise. I > went from my stock FI getting around 26-33 mpg to now getting 16-19 > mpg! Granted it is amazing to drive now, but what expense? I'm thinking > of raising the rear deck to accommodate the full size manifolds, but > that isn't looking too easy or fun. Check out more at a small site that > I did about the conversion at: www.wilsonwebb.com/vw.html > Another reason not to go to the darkside. 16-19 mpg out of 2.0 liter? I get 15-20mpg with my 3.9 liter 185 hp Magnum 4x4 pickup truck. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org