Patrick, I cruise at 80 all day long on extended drives w/o any troubles in my 87 GL with the Wasserboxer 2.1. In my 1.6 turbodiesel Syncro, I would be in tears if I drove faster than 70mph both from amazement and the noise. That is assuming no big hills. Some people have made other modifications such as added power and taller gearing which allows you to cruise at an even higher speed. You just need to make sure your vehicle is in good overall shape and make sure you don't drive into the RED zone in your tach. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html">Vanagon Cafe</A> all rights reserved |
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Vanagon mail messages have been archived.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.