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Re: scirocco-l-digest V1 #44
At 11:10 PM 11/25/96 -0700, you wrote:
>
>scirocco-l-digest Monday, 25 November 1996 Volume 01 : Number 044
>
>------------------ SUBJECTS FROM TODAY'S DIGEST -------------------
>Urgent questions update
>Two words...
>Re: Urgent questions update
>Re: Urgent questions update
>Re: Urgent questions update
>Urgent Questions
>Re: Euro Brake Conversion
>Re: A sad day for my scirocco....
>Re: Engine swap in 82
>chirping in 2nd...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>CIS-E in earlier cars...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>"Chirping" of another kind......
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>How do you folks pronounce "Scirocco?"
>Re: How do you folks pronounce "Scirocco?"
>Re: A sad day for my scirocco....
>More car hell (don't ever deal with EIP)
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Re: Two words...
>Re: How do you folks pronounce "Scirocco?"
>Re: A sad day for my scirocco....
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Re: chirping in 2nd...
>Scriocco speedometer etc...
>Re: chirping in 2nd... All sure-roccos are awesome
>Re: How do you folks pronounce "Scirocco?"
>Re: Scriocco speedometer etc...
>Re: How do you folks pronounce "Scirocco?"
>Re: Two words...
>Re: Scriocco speedometer etc...
>Re: How do you folks pronounce "Scirocco?"
>Re: Scriocco speedometer etc...
>
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>
>From: byoshida@zygote.hsc.usc.edu (Benton Yoshida)
>Date: Mon, 25 Nov 1996 02:31:42 -0800
>Subject: Urgent questions update
>
>On Sat, 23 Nov 1996, Benton Yoshida wrote:
>
>> 1. The car's speedometer is way off. On the freeway, it indicated 85mph
>> when I was actually going an estimated 60. It was similarly showing about
>> 65 to 70 when I was keeping up with traffic on a road which usually flows
>> at 45-50. He's changed from 13" rims to 14" teardrops with 60 series tires
>> which he claims are larger in diameter than the stock units. He says he
>> thinks that this accounts for the speedometer differential even though I
>> know that a larger outer diameter should lead to a lower indicated speed.
>> Any idea what's going on here? I forgot to check if the speedometer needle
>> was just displaced by 20mph but I don't think so. I wasn't thinking so I
>> didn't check the tach too carefully but I think it was indicating around
>> 2500 in 5th on the freeway which is in the ballpark for the stock tranny.
>
>Then Kevin said:
>
>*I have no idea about that one; larger wheel radii should indeed lead to
>*a lower indicated speed (although if the tires are 185-60/14 the radius
>*should be nearly the same as the stock 175s). Does the needle jump around
>*at all?
>
>follwed by Mannix:
>
>
>*Badly slipping clutch? Only thing I can think of - the diameter difference
>*should not make that large an error - I often use some *really* short tires
>*on my car, and while there is a difference with those (speedo reading
>*high), it is roughly 5mph or so..........nothing like you're talking about.
>*Maybe there is an incompatible tranny?? Never heard of that, but I think
>*it can happen(in non-VWs) - if the transmission were to have a "cable
>*ratio" of X, your speedometer having a CR(new mannix term) of
>*Y..........well, I'd done guess you've caught my drift. I'm tired. I'ts
>*5:55am. And I have to go outside.
>
>
>And my response is: The needle was a bit jiggly but didn't jump around.
>I took a look at it again Sunday and it wasn't just offset by 20 mph. I
>mean, it starts at 10 mph at rest. I don't think the clutch is slipping
>since it seems to start out OK and puts down power. Could it be an
>incompatible tranny? I didn't check codes on it although by the tach at
>least, it seemed to be the expected ratios. If the speedo is bad, I
>suppose I can swap in the one from my dead '81 S. Are there legal problems
>(in California) from doing this since the odometer readings are different?
>
>
>> 2. When I fired up the car from cold, the tach showed around 800rpm but
>> when it warmed up it indicated almost 1500. He says that the mechanic told
>> him that there is some problem with the cold start valve but that it would
>> cost $400 to fix so he didn't do the fix. Could some quick fix to get
>> around a bad cold start valve produce this symptom? I thought the cold
>> start valve was just a fancier injector--I can't believe this is a $400
>> part, even with labor.
>
>
>KEVIN:
>> > Anyone who even considers this was not a true Scirocco lover.
>>
>> Obviously you've never raced against/in one...
>>
>> Ed
>>
>
>Gonna have to agree with you Ed, I've done a little stop light drag
>against a few of the older ones, and they got some umph...(but Wankle
>motors are crap, I know I worked for a Mazda dealership for a year and a
>half....new engine every 100K......)
>
>
This depends purely on how it is driven. If you do not rev it up, the
engine will last a lot longer. The way this engine seals itself in
combustion, as you know, it uses sprung flaps (sorry, I've no idea what they
call them) at the tips of the rotor. The higher the rpm, the more stress
that is placed upon these flaps. If you keep the rpm down, they will last a
good while, and with such a lot of power, consistent power. If you are
comparing them to VWs, you are deluding yourself. Apples and oranges. How
many engines do you know that you can buy from a rebuilder for $1200 with
less than 1600cc's and generate 135 hp ( I think I am close on this)? I
will stick with my trusty, rusty '84 GTi, but lets get some perspective here.
My .02 cents
David
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