Ernie, Thanks for the info. If you could send a picture of the wing that you made, I would appreciate it. My primary e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'll also take another look at the TDI club. I joined a while back, but just haven't been there much. Seems that has been my loss.
Brian --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, Brian, > > You can learn everything you ever wanted to know about TDIs at > www.tdiclub.com. I got some good tips there. > > Changes I have made to my car: > > 1. Made a drag-reducing "wing". I can send a picture. It increases mileage > by 3 mpg. > 2. Reset the EGA code. See www.tdiclub.com, FAQs for instructions. Effect > unknown. > 3. Raised tire pressure to about 33 cold, 38 hot. Probably adds another 1 > mpg. > 4. I usually drive on the highway at a steady (on cruise control) 62 to 65 > miles per hour. This is the most important "change." Adjusting speed gives > the following results: > > Summer mileage, no wing, constant speed on I-80 Tooele to Wendover, UT, > Flying J fuel > 2003 VW New Beetle TDI diesel > > ` 60 mph 58.2 mph > 65 mph 57.1 mph > 70 mph 51.1 mph > 75 mph 46.4 mph > 80 mph 42.7 mph > > Numbers in the table are uncorrected for gauge errors. Miles traveled per > test, about 197 miles, was read from the trip meter; this reads about 1% low. > Speed is the speedometer reading, which is about 3% high. Tank is filled just > before and after test run, which takes about three hours. Tank vent valve is > held open during filling, and I fill to about one inch from top. Fuel > measurements are thought to be repeatable to 0.05 gallon (no temperature correction). > Results are collected on days with no wind or rain. > > You can see that, if the latest result holds true, then Phillips summer > diesel is outperforming Flying J diesel by about 3 mpg. > > Ernie Rogers > > Brian asked, > > Ernie, > > Have you made any modifications to your TDI to acheive these > results. I have an '03 Beetle TDI, and the best I have been able to > manage so far is 51.2 mpg. If there is a way to improve on this, > please share. > > Brian > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
