Braggart!
On 10/6/02 9:50 PM, "Frank Grunthaner" <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM> wrote: > Well, for the hell of it, I did a few time trials with my 14 year old > daughter doing the time measurements. This is just in response to the > postings last week of 0-60 mph times by the air-cooled addicts. By way of > reminder, My Westfalia is an 1982 former diesel, running a 1.8L 8V Digifant > II engine from a 1990 GTi with the original DZ transmission and 215/75x15 > Yokohama Geolander AT+ tires. The numbers include 300 pounds of passenger and > driver, 26.3 gallons of fuel (just filled up), portapotty and regular camping > hardware ready to go. Speedometer calibrated. Shift points at 6500 rpm. Using > AMS Digifant II chip and 91 octane fuel. Average of four runs (two in each > direction) on the 210 Freeway in the Pasadena, CA area. Anyway average was > 20.2 seconds. Longest run was 21.4, shortest was 18.9. 60 mph in my system > corresponds to just about 6000 rpm in third. > > Frank Grunthaner > |
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