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 sander288
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| posted on July 1st, 2009 at 08:59 PM |
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depending on how you drive and what dual carbs you are considering dual carbs might improve mileage, but driven hard expect an empty tank
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 12:33 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Abp66
Im in the market for a beetle and have a few questions about the 1600 engines, regarding fuel consumption. what can i expect from a 1600? and if i
upgrade with dual carbies etc how much does this effect fuel consumption? thanks
Also if any one is selling a 1968 to 69 beetle in Newcastle or central coast area add a comment.   
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You can expect better fuel economy when the car is driven normally...
over a single carburetor...
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 07:38 AM |
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Around the suburbs, our 68 standard engine/carb gets about 12l/100km. On the open road it gets about 10l/100km. This is driving in a reasonably
quick manner. I tend not to speed but get up to the speed limit pretty quickly so if you are not as heavy footed from the lights, it should be
better. Dual carbs would probably be better fuel consumption as well.
Yogie
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 08:06 AM |
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Yogie, that's terrible economy. Around the suburbs my Baja is about 10L/100km with the V6 or the 1916cc VW engine (both got similar economy but the
V6 probably gets the boot put into it more).
I had an Lbug with a 1776, if driven gently I reckon around the 7L/100km mark.
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 AM |
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I get around 8-9l/100km in my stock 1600 with single carb. This is usually a mix of peak hour( if you can call it that) and cruising around on the
weekend
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 04:43 PM |
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my stock 1600 with extractors used to average 9L/100
and got down to 7.5L at 100KM/h on the highway
the original australian roadtest from 72 had the average at 25.6mpg which is 9.2L/100
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 05:34 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Baja Wes
Yogie, that's terrible economy. Around the suburbs my Baja is about 10L/100km with the V6 or the 1916cc VW engine (both got similar economy but the
V6 probably gets the boot put into it more).
I had an Lbug with a 1776, if driven gently I reckon around the 7L/100km mark.
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After reading your response, I checked again and it looks like I made an error. We would get about 320kms out of our tank which works out at about
8.8l/100kms around town. Makes a bit of a difference.
Yogie
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 08:45 PM |
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My 1776 with twin dells got about 10L/100km when driven hard on the highway. Around town it was a bit worse. But i used to really give it some stick.
The new 2L..... don't want to know, but 48idas and 7k Plus revs isn't good for fuel consumption.
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| posted on July 2nd, 2009 at 10:10 PM |
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I think about 20 litres lasted about 20 laps at wakefield park raceway... 
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| posted on July 4th, 2009 at 08:44 PM |
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My 132hp ragtop gets around 8-9lt/100km
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| posted on July 5th, 2009 at 10:58 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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My 132hp ragtop gets around 8-9lt/100km
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Yeah cause you drive it like a pussy Craig 
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| posted on July 5th, 2009 at 11:23 AM |
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With my work trailer on (builders trailer - about 3/4 of a ton I am guessing), my 1916 L bug with Kadrons uses up around 20 L per 100 if I get in
angry around town. If I drive carefully (read boring), it is much better.
From your ole' mate Jeff
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| posted on July 5th, 2009 at 11:28 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by GTMac
| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrens
My 132hp ragtop gets around 8-9lt/100km
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Yeah cause you drive it like a pussy Craig
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meoooow
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| posted on July 5th, 2009 at 02:17 PM |
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Like a tiger
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