>Even with the 1.9 I can cruise at 75 on the freeways. I floor it up the >hills and try not to go over 80 on the flat sections while the A/C is >freezing the back of my neck.
Funny, I had a 75 1800 Bay which had a slip-in 1916 kit. Otherwise it was stock. It cruised quietly and happily at 130kmh (81mph), as per the owner's handbook; on the flat it would hit 140kmh and still be accelerating strongly when overtaking (I never tried to find out what it would do at full tilt, to my regret); it had no trouble with New Zealand's numerous hills; up a very long very steep hill (the Kilmog near Dunedin, to the Kiwis out there) it would haul a full load at 80kmh in third, then change back into top and up to 100+ again when the gradient lessened well below the top of the hill. It went really well and was real fun to drive. Maybe US-market Type 4 engines were detuned? I can't believe a mere 100cm3 increase in capacity and slight compression increase could account for this extra performance. |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.