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Yip - 25mpg with sensible use ... that can go up to high twenties on a longer run. Then there's the "opposite"..... For Rally use (calculating range - eg fuel needed for a loop of stages) , I used 25 mpg for road sections , and 5 mpg for hard use .... that was 5 !! I reckoned possibly clos...

Agreed that high CR can equal higher HP, but it also leads to higher combustion temperatures, which in a VW motor is a problem. I've built 'a few' VW motors over the years, for road, rallycross, rallying and drag racing and for a road engine, around 9-9.5:1 is a sweet spot. If the car was trailered...

jwhillracer wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:49 pm A 2.7RS goes quite nicely on only 8.5:1 ……….

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They certainly do .............. and even better with an increased CR !

neilbardsley wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 10:40 am Keith isn't a compression ratio of 9.3 still quite modest on a race engine?

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I would consider 9.3 LOW...ish ... even for a road engine. Higher CR = Higher power ... simple as that. Could go 10.25 - 10.5 with little consequence , apart from more power.

I hope you replaced the one rotten inner sill that I could see (appears you managed to save one ?)

Come on now ... if getting an F type , at least make it a V8 !!!

Don't think it's going anywhere ..... grand job !

Just to round this off . I got an online quote from Hagerty , for a more reasonable £185 odd .... Meanwhile , when I got paperwork in from Direct line , it included a "charge" for my normal car policy ... which had NOT been changed. I phone and queried this ... got waffled at , so I asked ...

.. to be sure .... to be sure ...........

... or you could just leave it alone ??? Looks grand to me as is !

911hillclimber wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 2:09 pm Personally, it would be a shame to go diesel imho chasing 100 mpg, almost too easy?

Is the AX available in 1000cc petrol?

Yes , about 92% of ones left in uk are petrol .... but I like diesel (here we agree to differ) , and would prefer not to comment on Electric (sorry Moggy)

Add on to existing classic policy? I don't actually have one at present ....but was able to add it to existing policy on a temporary basis. 90 days for a 68 premium ....so still expensive but 4 times cheaper than previously quoted. Normally anything over 26 yrs old is not allowed , but their system...

I just had renewals on our daily diesel and motorhome with no significant increases on either. 100 mpg sounds a bit unrealistic. Both of my 1.5 dci's can just about stretch to 65 or 70 in summer with a light-footed motorway run, both less than £300 to insure Try looking world record mpg production ...

Tried to get insurance for my new "Toy" (part of my aim to to get 100 mpg out of a standard road car) When the first quote (car valued at £1900 , and 1000 miles / yr limit) came in at over £1,000 ... I thought ... you're having a laugh, then the next one appeared ... a snip at £1,241 !! Wh...

Not ex rally - actually on ex Agnew demonstrator (NI Porsche dealer) ... but , driven hard on occasion ...... cough ..............