Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-28 Thread Mike Weaver
nk he meant it? >Tom > > >- Original Message - >From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:21 PM >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist > > > > >>Ahh

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-28 Thread Mike Weaver
an air compressor and blast it out before every rainy season, or >you get leaks in odd places (like the trunk), otherwise the trunk seal >itself is probably shot. > >- Original Message - >From: "Thomas Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Friday, Ap

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-28 Thread Jason & Katie
l 28, 2006 11:16 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist > Mike, >You wrote: > "Don't forget to blow out the drain holes for your sunroof!" > > What do you mean? > > I have water in the trunk of my '82 Mercedes after it rains. Someone &

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-28 Thread Thomas Kelly
w where to check (or blow out) a sunroof drainhole anyway. You think he meant it? Tom - Original Message - From: "Mike Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:21 PM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI wa

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread robert luis rabello
Todd Hershberger wrote: > Mike, > > I would stick with the standard air filter. The oily K&N might kill > your expensive MAF sensor. They are prone to failing anyway on these > VWs. The air flow problems are upstream when the snow screen snorkel > gets plugged with sand, dirt and bugs.

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread Mike Weaver
Ahh yes, the dreaded Mass Airflow Sensor! As an old wrench monkey I'm familiar with those. But I do need to ckeck the snorket - thanks for the reminder. Don't forget to blow out the drain holes for your sunroof! -Mike Todd Hershberger wrote: >Mike, > >I would stick with the standard air filte

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread Todd Hershberger
Mike, I would stick with the standard air filter. The oily K&N might kill your expensive MAF sensor. They are prone to failing anyway on these VWs. The air flow problems are upstream when the snow screen snorkel gets plugged with sand, dirt and bugs. You might need to clean it. That's

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread Mike Weaver
Goin' down to chip my ol' veewee, caught her messin 'round with another veewee van Michael Redler wrote: > Hey Joe > wadya doin' wit dat Rocket Chip in yo hand > > Jimi Hendrix (revisited) > > :-) > > */Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* wrote: > > Hey Joe (with apologies to Jimi Hendrix

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread Michael Redler
Hey Joe wadya doin' wit dat Rocket Chip in yo hand   Jimi Hendrix (revisited)   :-) Mike Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey Joe (with apologies to Jimi Hendrix)Rocket chip, I used VAG-COM from Ross Tech to change when to turbo kicks in and a few other things. I also added a high flow intak

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread Zeke Yewdall
The tendancy to stomp on it because you've got so much power is the enemy of mileage. My friend used to have a chipped TDI. We could still get 50mpg or better if we kept it below 70, but it was tempting to go much faster... It got low 40's then. Now we've both got non turbo rabbits -- you can hit

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread Mike Weaver
Hey Joe (with apologies to Jimi Hendrix) Rocket chip, I used VAG-COM from Ross Tech to change when to turbo kicks in and a few other things. I also added a high flow intake and K&N filter. There are tons of things on the net - google tdiclub and stealthtdi. The car seems like a different car

Re: [Biofuel] Soupy TDI was economist

2006-04-27 Thread Joe Street
Hey Mikey Mike Weaver wrote: snip > >Now you hot rod cars with a computer. I souped up my TDI with a chip, >software and an air intake. Still thinking about injectors... > What about that? I've had a quick look and there was too much info for the time I had and too many players in the