OK, Frank, now *you're* scaring me! LOL. What would the German tune-up be, I wonder? 42 German mechanics disassembling and reassembling the engine, making sure it was to spec? bmc (with plenty of German ancestry, don't even start) > From: Frank Grunthaner <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM> > Reply-To: FrankGRUN@AOL.COM > Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:36:33 EST > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: Tiico convert question > > In a message dated 12/10/01 5:55:03 PM, dataservices@MEDIAONE.NET writes: > > << Not only scary, but I would like to know if that's with the stock trans and > > what the tach read!! > > > Dave B >> > > Well, on my '90 GTi Digifant II 1.8 L 8V conversion in a '82 Westfalia and > original DZ trans with 215/75x15 tires, 100 mph comes up right around 6300 > rpm. Been there done that. Front end feels very light. Very crosswind > sensitive. If maintained for at least 15 to 20 minutes, this is often > referred to as an Italian tune-up. If you add about 32 fluid ounces of > Techtron Fuel Injector Cleaner to 24 gallons of premium, it becomes an > Italian Royal Tune-up. (modeled on the Kir Royal)! (other details: less than > 1 inch of manifold vacuum, oil temperature of 232 F, exhaust gas temperature > of 720 C, cylinder head temperature of 82 C, oil pressure 42 psi, ambient > temperature 71 F, mean elevation 1200 feet above sea level, A/F ratio meter > shows open loop operation at about 13.4:1). > > Frank Grunthaner > |
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