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the more pep is a sign that you were able to lean out the mixture some. too much fuel gives a boggy sort of feel to things > > From: "Jim Showker" <jshowker@comcast.net> > Date: 2005/06/02 Thu PM 01:32:07 EST > To: <type3@vwtype3.org> > Subject: [T3] adjusting fuel pressure > > We been getting 18 mpg on the '69 SB and have checked everything else in the > FI system, so we finally got the new gauge on and set the pressure. The > gauge is + or- 3% (60lb full scale) so when it read 29 I figured the true > reading was somewhere between 27 and 31. I turned the pressure down 2 lbs. > to 27. This is a 7% change, quite a bit to change the mixture. We'll have > to see what it does to the mileage. > > The car seemed to have a little more pep and willingly pulled to 35 in 2nd > gear, when it felt like it had topped out before at about 30-32. > > Hope this solves our problems. > > Jim Showker > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Brian Fye-- http://www.geocities.com/menacefye 64 Notchback, 64 Notch Speedster, 67 Squareback, 73 Squareback, 74 412 Squareback Automatic