IIRC it's 10:1 (or is it after 10:1?) at which point you need higher grade gas 
but I could be remembering wrong...
Curt

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  On Sun, May 23, 2021 at 6:37 PM, Allan Streib via 
Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:   You may recall I picked up a Karmann 
Ghia last November. Not wanting to
subject it to any salt or winter it has been in the garage since then. I
got it out today and it started up and ran nicely. It ran pretty rough
in the driveway the few times I tried to run it during last winter so I
figured I'd need to clean out the carbs and give it a general tune up.

However it is running much better now. I added about 5g of fresh gas and
half a bottle of Techron but not sure that really made a difference.

It has a dual carb setup with Webers and I took a closer look and they
don't seem to have any choke mechanism at all. So that would explain the
rough running in the cold. I guess the car was set up as a summer
driver. Not sure if such a thing is commonplace?

I found in the documentation that with the rebuilt the prior
owner installed has a 9:1 compression ratio. So I guess I should
probably buy at least mid-grade gas for it? Or premium?

I also discovered some rust on the passenger side rear floorpan. Not
catastrophic but probably need to replace about a square foot of it. A
project for next winter. The rest of the car seems solid.

Need to track down an extra wheel for a spare tire, as that is
missing. Anyone know of a good Aircooled email list?

Allan

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