One would think so, but why did I get in the 20's mpg in the 283 (4640cc) '58 chevy with a four barrel, and only 15 mpg in the CIS 450SLC (275ci)? Emission controls?
Yes - the type III 2.0L VW bus I had was far more reliable than the 1.2L with the single Solex even. I did love to tune 2 and 3 carb SU setups though -- had the "touch" back then --- On 2/9/06, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CIS injection (more effective mixture control than D-Jet) is good for > at least 10% more hp and 15% better fuel milage on the same engine as a > carb. Unless you have a fairly esoteric manifold system (hard to put > under a hood), carbs provide pretty poor atomization, and suffer badly > from lousy fuel distribution at low throttle openings. Even D-jet > turned the type 11 and type III VWs into very reliable, efficient cars > from cranky trouble causers -- it was almost impossible to keep the > twin carbs balanced on that flat four. > > Peter -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, Rattled '87 300SDL 290K, Limo Lite, or blue car '81 240D 173K, Gramps, or yellow car '78 450SLC 67K, brown car '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K Van Go
