VANAGON archives -- August 2000, week 3 (#498)

Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 02:07:04 EDT Reply-To: Wolfvan88@aol.com Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> From: Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@aol.com> Subject: WBX Cost of upgraded parts VS mileage per cost driven Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

CW and balance Cost per mile= $250 x 150,000 miles = $.00167 200,000 $0.00125

Here is the cost for upgrades VS mileage per cost driven $1500 of up grades x 200,000 miles = $0.0075 per mile $2000 of upgrades x 200,000 miles = $0.01 per mile $4000 of upgrades x 200,000 miles = $0.01 per mile $10,000 of upgrades x 200,000 miles = $0.05 per mile

When you look at the increased engine life potential of using the upgraded parts vs. totally stock the OVERALL cost are SMALL per mile. A stock engine can last a long, long time. BUT if you are going to push more power, you are going to need to make changes to make it live as long or longer.

Robert

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