Date:         Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:00:05 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
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>Please, tell me oh all-knowing list.  Is it that unusual for a Vanagon
>Westfalia to cruise at 75 MPH?  I do it all the time in my '85.  Stock
>motor.. am I wrong?  Some folks seem bewildered by this apparently insane
>speed.
>
>Chris.
>
>'85 Westy
>Usual Disclaimers Apply

My 75 1.8 Bay (with slip-in 1916 kit with one burning piston) would sit on
80mph (factory-stated cruising speed) fully loaded all day, and would hit
87 and still accelerating when overtaking, so I have trouble believing that
US-market T3s are so slow. Up a long (2-3mi) and very steep highway uphill
grade it would slow to 50mph in 3rd and hold there. My speedo was accurate
enough.

Fastest I've been in an aircooled VW van? Over 100mph in my fully-loaded
36hp 56 split. Fully loaded. But it WAS with the clutch pushed in, coasting
down the same hill mentioned above!




Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
ph   64 (3) 473-8863
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84 VW Caravelle GL (to be fitted with SVX engine & Porsche G50 trans) RWD
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