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Sad, really sad. That Progressive will choke that engine to death! Hopefully the new owner will at least put some decent duals on it. Keith > "The engine was bought from the Letourneau University automotive > program, and has a story of its own. The engine was donated to the > university by Volkswagen to be used as a test stand engine so students > could see how to diagnose the Bosch fuel injection system. The relays > and computer were broken out on display, so you could see how > everything worked. The engine is a 1968 model that was brand new. The > paint on the heater boxes was not even burned off yet! The engine > supposedly had less than 10 hours of demo time on it when it was > retired to a holding garage were it sat for over 20 years until I > bought it. The engine cranked right up and ran beautifully the first > time I gave it power, new oil, and fuel. For my application, I swapped > from the fuel injection to a Progressive Weber carburetor in order to > try and keep the car's mechanical means as close to stock as possible. > So the engine in this vehicle has the same mileage that is displayed > on the rebuilt odometer. This factory engine truly has only 1734 > miles." > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org