Ok after reading every thing on here and every thing else i could find ,it appears that every one is saying higher octane and no corn juice if possible.

Ed -yes,thxz so much .  I beleieve its an original button  which I bought   off ebay It looks like it  anyway !!..and the  wheel is the flat 4 banjo steering wheel

jebarry2012-09-24 15:31:16

Thx Ed That  answered my  question ..I appreciate this.- hope to catchup with you in a few..

 

jebarry2012-09-24 12:01:03

Congrats, man! Look forward to hearing about your cruises with this thing.As a guy toying with the idea of moving to a modern engine, I would like to hear more about what and how you modded your fuel tank and lines to deal with FI. And if you had/have any issues with idle and other low-speed running.The Subaru-into-VW people seem to have every…[Read more]

That steering wheel looks really legit. Is that an original TD “horn button?”

Higher is “better” only if you need it.Octane numbers are a measure of a fuel’s ability to resist preignition and detonation, which we hear as pinging. When the fuel ignites prematurely, it’s pushing down on the piston BEFORE the piston has gotten high enough in the cylinder. When the fuel detonates, it explodes like a bomb, rather than burning…[Read more]

Thx  ed ..dumb question other than my pocket book is the 93 ok?

You got it schu!My first pumpkin run!

Hey Bill, I’ve been trying. But it’s looking like I will not be able to swing the days off.

IT LIVES!!!!!!!:DAlthough I’ve been working 60 hrs a week I still had time to rewire the duchess, get a new Chevy computer and get professional help.;)I had three “experts” try to get the “Mega-Squirt” computer to run and all failed. ($800)Then I called Michael Hannanat at custompcmtuning@gmail.com. Mike was cool he came out and looked at the set…[Read more]

John, with a regular VW engine 87 octane should be just fine.

Paul

John Barry has the best right seat passenger and floor board passangers any one could have.

Ain’t that a hoot?Good on ya, Paul.

Do you think you can do VA Beach?

Awesome Paul – looking forward to driving w/ you in a couple of weeks up in PA 

Now that my Duchess is running again, I don’t think I EVER want to tow!Of course, that’s pretty bold of me to say, as there is no right seat passenger right now. I’m hopeful some day there will be, and she may have something to say about how far is ok in the TD.

It’s only in the last couple of years that the rubber industry has come to address the construction of their hoses as it relates to the ethanol problem. The first generation of Gates’ “barricade” hose had problems with deterioration of its own. They now seem to have the problem solved as far as the hoses falling apart with constant ethanol…[Read more]

..I use pure gas at my nearest station and as Royal sez  at the no-name brand X station .They only have 93 Octane..while 7 miles away they have 87.. should I just be using 87?. thxz

jebarry2012-09-23 15:31:30