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--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > Okay, there were NO US spec cars until 66, so we can > toss the earlier ones out. My bad. > I don't dispute your numbers. I'm just suggesting > that the early numbers could > all be early SAE HP and the '73 might be revised SAE Totally... I wasn't meaning to argue with you. I find it strange that the added smog stuff on the pre-1973 engines supposedly didn't impact hp by even one hp. I would doubt very much that this is the case. As it stands, and given your explanation of how these figures were usually arrived at (kind of in a vacuum), I basically have no faith in *any* of the stated figures in the microfilm, owners manuals or promotional material. :) > Now we seem to be back in the mode of "why should I > care about fuel efficiency" > and HP ratings continue to climb as average fuel > efficiency drops. Most of the > drop in average fuel efficiency in recent years has > been the result of > increases in pickup truck sales and, more recently, > SUVs, both of which are > exempted from the Corporate Average Fuel Economy > (CAFE) regs. Well, we're Americans don't you know, and we have a god-given right to drive whatever we want, whenever we want for practically no fuel cost. Bill Mahr notes in his most recent book (not sure where he gets his figures) that if we reduced the average fuel consumption in the country by 2.7mpg, we could completely eliminate our need for all oil coming from the Middle East. Wow... Energy policy impacts national security. Who'd have thunk it? ===== -------------------------------------------- 1971 FI AT Squareback http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ vw_variant71@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org