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 70 on a good day on the flat with them.... On 4/27/06, 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 intake and K&N > filter. There are tons of things on the net - google tdiclub and > stealthtdi. The car seems like a different car - much more power and I > don't notice any drop in mileage. There is a bit of a tendancy to stomp > it for fun, tho'. I can pull hills in 5th that used to need 4th. You > can go further but some people say the clutch isn't up to it. My car > has more than enough power and gets 60 mpg on flat road at 59 mph. > > -Mike > > Joe Street wrote: > > >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 game to quickly decide what > >was worth the money, what was safe for the engine, etc etc. > > > >What level of soupiness did you take it to and what did that do to > >driveability and can you still get good fuel economy if you don't push > >the pedal? > > > >Joe > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Biofuel mailing list > >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
