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On Tue, 2003-08-26 at 15:45, Erik Litchy wrote: > > > Nothing is out of the question, but some things are just a whole lot > harder > > than others. > > > > In the end it boils down to the old speed shop sign: > > > > Speed costs money. > > How fast do you want to go? > > > > The FI will take a small amount of displacement upgrades, but I think > you're > > still well out of that arena. Have you measured your 0-60 time now? > > > > -- > > jim the car is not running as of yet. i still have a lot of work to do to > get it there. > > Forgive my ingorance. > Im very very unfamiliar with this engine output as you can see. > what output would get me say, 10 sec to 60? I can tell that this car wasnt > meant to win races or anything. > > a carb setup would increase or decrease output on a stock engine? > I do have a good knowlege of engine work as I have rebuilt the engine in my > jeep, and knocked ~2 seconds off the time it takes to get to 60. . > But that Jeep started out at 4.0 liter. Your VW starts out at 1.6 liter. -- 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