1600 economy

63 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 8 May 2006, 6:13 pm

#485743

im eventualy going to own a notchback (sooner rather than...) and im just wondering about what sort of fuel economy they get (manual 1600).

thanks for any info.

type3hunter Commited Dubber

63 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 8 May 2006, 6:14 pm

#485744

no mods to the motor

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 May 2006, 6:33 pm

#485755

Twin carb type 3 ??

I owned one back in the 70s... 1970 model variant

went very well.... didn't seem to be too hungry for fuel...

not much different to a 1600cc Beetle...

but they are not fuel efficient when compared to late model cars....

Lee

- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

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12,785 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 May 2006, 9:18 pm

#485848

11L/100kms-ish round town and up to 7L/100kms-ish on a late night low load cruise if ya lucky

Give it any stick and more like 13-12L round town and 10L / 100 on a run

Futue te ipsum!!!

jo_tas Custom Title Time!

1,547 posts · joined Aug 2004 · 8 May 2006, 10:22 pm

#485878

I went on a VW club drive the other day... we averaged around 70mph over about 300km, driving pretty hard.
I worked out that we averaged around 10L/100km's! So i'm pretty happy about that!

This is a stock twin carb 1600 type 3 notchback

type3hunter Commited Dubber

63 posts · joined Sep 2003 · 9 May 2006, 10:29 am

#486017

yeah, it'll be a twin carb. thanks for info. Just got to get my hands on one now