Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 20:13:47 -0400
Reply-To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
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From: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject: Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
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To my knowledge, a US gallon = 3.875 liters. Using this number, the mileage
for the 1.9L TDI is ~ 25.3 average and the V6 ~ 20.1.
Maybe I'm missing something.
Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mike Rouby
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 9:21 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
As the UK Gallon is officially extinct, as a UK resident, I can tell you
that it is not. While fuel is purchased in liters, and we do have the EU
forcing metric measurements down our throats, we still use MPH and all
documentation for buying cars shows both metric fuel consumptio and
imperical gallons per mile. Most people only talk in gallons and almost
never in kilos per litre.
All the best.
David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA> wrote:
1 US Gallon (UK Gallon is extinct as the UK and the rest of the British
Commonwealth uses the metric system... along with the rest of the world
including the US military and US scientific community) is 3.78 liters.
8 to 11 l/100km is 29.4 to 21.4 "state side" mpg
My experience is 8 to 9L per 100km up to 100km/h and 10L per 100km up to
120km/h
Here is a good link for figuring this stuff out:
http://www.tdiclub.com/misc/conversions.html
David Marshall
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Kasper
Sent: August 21, 2006 14:53
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
On Aug 21, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:
> I prefer diesel, but I'm following the Zetec conversion. Bernd
> Jäger (Germany) reports the
> following l/100 Kms:
> 1.9L TDI:--8 to 11 ltr/100 kms.
> V6 TDI: ---10 to 13 ltr/100 kms
>
> for more infor: http://www.syncro-bernd-jaeger.de/ENGLISH/index.html
to put this in more anglo-centric measures (based on 1 gallon = 4.55
litres and 1 mile = 1.61 kilometres):
1.9L TDI:--25.7 to 35.3 mpg (avg 29.7 mpg)
V6 TDI: ---21.7 to 28.2 mpg (avg 24.6 mpg)
bill
felton, ca
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