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On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 03:05, Dave Hall wrote: > > BTW, wouldn't it make sense to have the lines and tank be stainless > > steel, as alcohol absorbs water readily. > > > > A lot of modern VWs (late '80s on) have polypropylene tanks, I think - certainly > some sort of plastic. Is that common in the USA? > > I wonder what mods the Brazillian Beetles needed for running on ethanol back in > the '60s. > Even back in the 70's we were starting to see plastic tanks. Almost all cars now days have plastic tanks, even pickup trucks. The Brazilian cars had a lower compression ratio, and different jetting and maybe ventura's in the carbs. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~