Date:         Sun, 19 Mar 2000 11:39:38 -0800
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Top speed of a vanagon
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let preface my thoughts with this comment--
vanagons' with stock or worse engine/suspension/tire
packages are not meant to travel at speeds over 144kph
(last time i was in germany this was the approx speed
limit of the autobahn)which when you divide by the
accepted conversion factor of 16 gives you roughly
90mph.

i have gotten my van, with a tricked 3.4liter chevy
v-6 , borrowed 17" wheels/lo-profile tires, and
borrowed 2" drop springs up to 120mph at around
7000-8000rpm. i had to remove the soft-touch
rev-limiter/tach or i would have been limited to
5500rpm(roughly 95mph)
this speed was gotten on the part of i-83 between
timonium, md and the pa line.

thank you, have a nice day :)

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Sudhir Desai
desa4622@kettering.edu   desa4622@yahoo.com
1984 Vanagon 3.4l v-6    1996 Jetta Trek
icq# 17014903

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