Geoff,
During its "heyday" when the VW Rabbit Diesel was king of the hill, I turbo
charged
nearly 50 of the little suckers. Performance was nearly as good as their gas
siblings, though not as quick off the line of course.
Also did extensive body work on a number of cars... race car looks. Anyway, I
was
able to tweak some cars to reach 65 mpg! Had many happy customers.
WFO Herb
Keep the sticky side down!
Geoff Branch wrote:
> I had a Rabbid Diesel for an 75 minute commute into a city for 1 1/2 years.
> Kept a tank of heating oil in my barn at $.74/gal. I put a GTI seat in it
>and a
> stereo with headphones so I could here my books on tape. That little car went
> WAY faster than any diesel should have; can't explain why, except that it
>smoked
> pretty good and the timing screw on the pump had it's seal broken.
> The best part was the yuppie tailgaters in their Saabs, etc. The most puffs
>on
> the accelerator with the clutch out (which created a freakin WALL of black
> smoke) that was ever required was 3, on a white Saab. When he finally came
>out
> of the wall he had his lights on, windshield washers going, and dots of carbon
> all over his nice little tailgaiting car. The Haynes manual said that if the
> car didn't reach 60MPH in 13 minutes, there was something wrong.
> Geoff Branch
> '74 Meejit "Yellow Peril"
> '72 Innocenti 1300 Mini
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