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Date:         Sat, 29 Jul 2000 21:33:52 -0600
Reply-To:     John Andrew <johna@telluridecolorado.net>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Andrew <johna@telluridecolorado.net>
Subject:      Re: trip report
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What size and horsepower is the engine you have in it now? Thanks, John Andrew 1984 Westy (Schmooo) -----Original Message----- From: Robert Zezoff <shilohz@jps.net> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Saturday, July 29, 2000 5:11 PM Subject: trip report

>Just finished the Folsom to Florence Oregon yearly camping trip. >Last year Bob Kelly in Placerville put a 92 cab engine in my diesel Westy. >With only a week to ring out all the bugs, there were none by the way, it >worked perfectly. >It worked perfectly again this year. I checked the oil once and not even a >smidgen down. >I love this motor compared to the diesel, but I must confess it is still a >bit underpowered. >If I ever see a 1.8 5 valve turbo........................ >I cruised 70 mph most of the time at 4300 rpm with the original diesel >tranny. >I averaged 17.44 mpg, same as last year even with the new manifolds and >muffler. >I have the Yokohama Y356 load range D. >They are ok on the highway but in cross winds are dangersous. >I was driving along the coast with gusty windy condiitons, and my Westy >literally >was pushed +/- 5 feet. Thank God not into another oncoming car. >I need to get better tires, what??????? >See my Westy page with all the stuff I have done. >http://www.jps.net/shilohz/vanagon.html


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