[Vwdiesel] Hagars ECO -- Bunny Bondo )//Bondo GolfyMike & Coreen Smith ve9aa at nbnet.nb.caWed Apr 13 18:50:51 EDT 2005
Your bunny sounds a lot like my ol' 86 Golf, LOL! Check this recent picture out: http://www.stingraysmadness.com/miniportal/displayimage.php?album=random&cat =10007&pos=-30 The paint is actually WORSE than it looks here/ Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith 699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge NB Canada E6L 1T1 ----- Original Message ----- From: "H . Hagar." <h_hagar at prcn.org> To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 6:51 PM Subject: [Vwdiesel] ECO -- VW ----( Hagars ECO -- Bunny Bondo ) " Bunny Bondo " is a cutie VW -- Metallic light Blue 4 door 1.6L Turbo (Garrett) 1984 Mag wheels No she did not start out as a ECO . BUT for the last two years ---- ECO every mile ---or should I say every happy mile ?. I did NOT know about ECO's when I started to Hillbilly Tune her. After about a year of super performance ---- I found out that VW did the same as Hagar. With a bit of variance. She goes 900 miles on a feed. ( 42 Litres ). Possible mostly with help from this group. ----- The way I remember the ECO explanation is like this ECO does not stand for economy --- has to do with pollution. "Ecological" ?. VW was faced with loosing its foothold in USA so they took the LDA off the turbo 1.6 and added a cat. Like I have been saying for some time ---the VW 1.6 thrives on lots of manifold pressure. ---- lots of vortex and swirling gives a good burn. And opening that intake valve at 5 psi overpressure is different --- than opening it at a slight underpressure. Furthermore the way I understand superchargers they heat the ingoing air. Making for a better ignition. I did NOT remove the LDA ---- I just made it avaiable on command . Here in BC Canada we have a few little hills where the LDA comes in real handy. So Hagars cutie can change her image from frugal to a REAL TIGER: at the flick of a switch. When I got snared by her she was a wild one ---I guess about a 100 HP and clouds of smoke. After a lot of TLC ----wow she became a real pussycat. type Bunny. No smoke NO slipping the clutch (a la James Hansen) ----but driveable -----very driveable. Just love that thing. She drives like a sportscar ---50 psi front tires ---- NO power steering needed. When I got her the Turbo hardly moved ---- but a year later running her extra LEAN ? the thing cleaned itself ----and she sure howls now ---so now I will NOT have to clean it. ------------- a Turbo working 20 years ? ---thats is no chickenfeed. KIlometers on clock ? getting close to 300 000. When Ferguson came in here --one of the first things he mentioned was how sensitive turbines are to gook on the blades. --- This proves that point. Hagar. PS : Google ECO VW. _______________________________________________ Vwdiesel mailing list Vwdiesel at vwfans.com http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/vwdiesel
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