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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: shaskill on January 05, 2005, 05:07:10 pm
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So I have this high mileage 84. On flat land it is great for the get to work job. 40-45 mpg so can't be in too bad shape. 1 qt. oil every 700 miles with some blow-by into the air filter. It cannot climb however. I have to go from 1400 ft. to 3000 ft every day on a major 2 lane highway in VA. Best I can do is 40 mph and if I have to slow down for some idiot playing games, I smoke everyone around trying to get going again on the hill. I have access to a little old ladie's less-than 90k 83 rabbit and am wondering if it is worthwhile to pursue these cars if I have to climb every day. I have purchased a GREASE conversion and planned to convert to veggie oil. Do I need to move up to a bigger VW with a turbo or can a rabbit climb a mountain?
Thanks for the great group.
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I find that turbo's REALLY help... It might be the turbolag, but from a standstill up a hill.. my car goes slow as hell. 5th gear going 80 km/h she can tow up a nice hill. I'd definitely recommend looking into a turbo'd unit, as well as intercooling :) On the highway going 120 (your equivalent to 75 mph... ) the car cannot be stopped. (unless theres some old guy driving nice and slow) I even find 100km/h (60mph) to be fairly reliable, but on an incline, i prefer at least 110 (i think thats 68-69 mph). I also use cetane booster from Power Systems (white bottle, some purple on it, that i got from flying J's) and that helps too.
When the turbo is hot and spooled up, you really notice the power difference. Takes me about 5 minutes of driving before she warms up. I took it to the cottage in the summer and even with all the hills and bends, it drove so smoothly through the hills.
Well I hope my experience helps a bit :)
I hear grease is awesome... everyone driving around you will get hungry! Especially on the highway haha! no more black smoke either... just white :D So don't confuse it with your rad fluid.
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Actually the smoke out the tailpipe of a car running SVO/WVO isn't much different than one running diesel #2, though perhaps there is slightly less and of course the smell. I install these conversion systems for a living and have owned 5+ personally, and I know you would be hard-pressed to confuse the "normal" tailpipe smoke with the dreaded white cloud of a blown head gasket.
Justin
www.greaseworks.org
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It's more a grayish smoke than pure black soot... :wink:
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thats some pretty dirty svo you're using if it comes out the same as diesel lol...
if you had a nice supply of grease from a chip making factory, you'd be set... they have the cleanest grease there!
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turbocharging will definitely solve the hill climbing problem, and likely clean up the exhaust as well.