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> > Yeah, I think that's the big qualification to his > statement... > > > I feel bad that my own type 3s don't do any better > > on gas mileage than they do > > Which brings me to another question... Jake Raby talks > of averaging 35mpg on his Type IV engine recently... > What follows are generalities that make me think maybe > I should eventually get a Type III that someone's > already taken the FI off (knowing it's heresy to do so > myself :) ) and drop in a Type IV: > > If people usually get 100,000 miles out of their > TypeIII engine at 25mpg, it would eat 4000 gallons of > gas over its lifetime. That's $6500 at $1.60 a gallon. > > Assuming you can get 200,000 miles out of a Type IV > engine (Raby says it's rare you even need an align > bore after 200K), the Type IV at 35mpg would eat 5714 > gallons of gas. That's 1714 gallons extra to go double > the miles, or $2742 more. > > Talk about saving gasoline! > > ===== woah how do they get 10 mpg more? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org