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I have posted a bit about my builder over the years. I used to call it my therapy, but now I think therapy is what I need to keep at it. :mrgreen: The body is from a 1991 16V. That motor has been replaced with a 1.6 td with a radiator oil cooler and intercooler. I rebuilt the ACN transmission, repla...

RIP Hagar. You beat us to the end zone after all. We'll sure miss ya; and thanks for starting your thread (remember it was only supposed to be 4-5 pages?) Nice man, kind fellow all around.

You might also try shifting earlier in the rpm's. I was zipping the car up to 3200, but backed off to around 2800 or so and found a real difference.

Weather, particularly bucking the strong winds of this year, does play a part. Carrying too much "stuff" also impacts fuel efficiency. I have toyed with the idea of replacing some non-critical parts with aluminum. The trunk bottom, perhaps, or fenders. But to do that would entail a re-buil...

Thanks. I have found that my best performance comes at around 2750 rpm and under 70 mph. I am looking for certain gears to custom build an 020 tranny that will allow 72 mph at the 2800 rpm range, but it is not easy. They come from older trannys that are getting crushed more and more these days. The ...

I have to travel an 800 mile round trip twice each month, so 48 mpg isn't good enough when I know I can, and have, gotten 52 mpg. On one half tank I even averaged 55 mpg! So I know it can be done, and must be done as fuel will go to $5/gallon. It has in the past, and will again. Keeping these motors...

I appreciate recognizing that 6% is a significant number. I will re-check my tire pressure. Fuel starvation was my immediate thought, and has led me to wonder how to turn that thought into a good decision for fuel efficiency. If my car was giving me the power I wanted before removing the valve, how ...

Howdy all. My daily driver, a laborious effort for years, is a 1.6 td A2 Jetta. It poked along at about 46 mpg until I replaced the auto-adjust clutch cable with the adjustable cable, and I picked up a couple of mpg. Sweet. I then installed an intercooler and it zipped right up to 52 mpg. Great!! Bu...

I have been looking for an FF, FH, FN, or FJ tranny for parts. What do you have and how much? Thanks.

What is the transmission number? I am looking for an FF, FN, FH, or FJ. Thanks.

Howdy all. I suppose this subject is not strictly a diesel on, but the other web sites have trojans on them, or so my firewall checker says. Been working to quiet the vibrations and noise on my ride. Wondering if anyone has used the vibration isolation washers under the steering unit to help weed ou...

What I did was take a '91 Jetta GL 16 valve and put the diesel in it. The air intake is a box jerry-rigged from a gasser and plumed into the turbo intake. What I would like to do is take a 16 valve air box and plum that in, instead. It would fit better and look better. Then perhaps insulate the airb...

First, the specs. A2 Jetta (can't define the year because it is a collection of several years of A2's), 1.6 TD, Audi oil cooler, dual radiator fan from a 1995 2.0 Jetta, no air conditioning. I get around 46-48 mpg, depending on how hard I drive it; usually around 65-72 mph. Would like to get into th...

Well, put the dial gauge to it and found that my cold start lever had been partially "on" due to the wire sticking out the end of the attachment and hitting the pump side. After fixing that and measuring, found I needed to go back to the original starting point (.117") for the proper ...

My car is an A2 Jetta, 1.6L TD, rebuilt turbo. The timing is spot on. I retarded the injector pump just a bit to get a quieter idle and ride, and it worked fine. It is harder to start, and smokes until it warms up, but drives smooth. Can't say what it is doing to the mpg yet. My question is, will th...