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New to List - have questions...
Welcome to the list.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Klun John
To: scirocco
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 10:19 AM
Subject: New to List - have questions...
Hi all!
I'm new to the list having just purchased an 84 'rocco from our VW mechanic. We have a 1986 Jetta (bought new) with about 400+K miles on it (we're retiring it in March) and an 84 Vanagon GL bought from our wrench 3 + years ago. Bob- see below- rebuilt the 1.9l Vanagon engine using real German bearings and sodium-filled valves. The Vanagon is my daily driver (100 miles R/T) and she runs smooth and fast for a waterboxer. My mpg with the stock 4-speed tranny is 23-25 in the summer and 20-23 in the winter from a 16 gal tank. By the way, our mechanic's name and address are (shameless promo for a fantastic mechanic):
Bob Birkholz
Grand Mesa Imports
1526 Hwy 50
Delta, CO 81416
Tel: 970-874-5794
E-mail: gmi@doci.net
The rocco is an 84 MKII I guess. My wife looooooves it and it's her daily driver! Bob replaced the original engine (had over 200K miles on it) with an '85 Jetta that had 100+K miles. Everything else seems stock.
The question:
I went looking through the 84 specs on the .org website and gas mileage is supposed to be around 36. Rocky is getting 28-29mpg and with a 10 gal tank, it doesn't give us much range. I noticed that the transmission gearing is a little different from our Jetta's (which has a 14 gal tank and gets 35-37mpg) with it's gearing set up. Would the Jetta's 5-speed with its gearing get me the better mpg in the rocco? I realize we would miss the 'instant' response of the rocco gearbox but the Jetta's was no slouch either in her heyday. I notice the tach reads 3800 at around 65-70mph whereas the Jetta's was at 2800-3000 for the same speed.
Any Ideas?
John Klun
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