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Post #10 by coius
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateSat, 31 May 2008 - 14:18
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/volksbugen.13417/
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Not a hint of rust and to top it all off, it has silver alloys rather than black steel rims.
It's got a tiny bit of rust on the engine fan guard and right behind the driver's side back window. The wheels are too small and the speedometer doesn't register right (it could say it's going 70MPH and it's only going 45-50)

We can fix all of it though pretty easily. We will be putting a GPS in the car too :D

P.S.: you might consider to keep the fuel injection in combination with a new engine controller. A well adjusted injection system provides more power as well as more miles per gallon, compared to any carburetor system in the age of that car. A new carburetor is not cheap and a worn out one is not recommendable.
As far as the fuel injection and carburetor, we will be using a new carburetor, and can get new parts for just about any new thing on the bug. I am well aware of the performance decrease, but I don't feel like shelling out $500 for a new computer on the thing. We will probably wait till the computer goes out though until we replace it with the carburetor.

We also gotta do the 12v mod for the electrical*, and we are going to replace the ignition with electronic ignition. So that will be nice.

*EDIT: sorry, it's got the 12v mod already. I forgot. It's got a new alternator. My bad...

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