'79 getting poor fuel mileage

[Joe.Doty@lcnetwork.com (Joe Doty)]

Heheh the ":(" is because this car is/was supposed to be my daily
beater...I was trying to avoid swapping it.

I would swap the 2.0 16v in with the CIS-E if I could fool the smog
Nazis into thinking it was a 1.8.

Joe Doty
IT/Development
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Toomasson [mailto:jtoomasson@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:42 PM
> To: Joe Doty; Ron Pieper; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: '79 getting poor fuel mileage
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> What's with the "  :(  "  ?
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> Throw that 9A in there. Don't you have your CIS-E leftover from your
Digi1
> turbo 16v?
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> 2.0 16v in a mk1 makes for a good starting point...
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Doty" <Joe.Doty@lcnetwork.com>
> To: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 4:59 PM
> Subject: RE: '79 getting poor fuel mileage
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> There's three lumps under my dad's workbench calling my name :(
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> PL, 9A, and JH...
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> Joe Doty
> IT/Development
> joe@lcnetwork.com
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> > Hmmm...I think it's the engine.  The whole thing.
> >
> > I reckon a high-compression 2.0L will do the trick.  May not get
> better
> > mileage, but you'll feel
> > better about it.
> >
> > Ron
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