Date:         Thu, 3 Oct 2002 15:02:50 -0700
Reply-To:     Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sean Garrett <SEAN.GARRETT@ASU.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy
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How quickly Stan, can you supply us with time in seconds ?

i.e.
1st thru 3rd = ? sec
4th to 60 mph = ? sec

Thanks in Advance
Sean

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stan Wilder [mailto:wilden1@JUNO.COM]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 2:43 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy
>
>
> Possibly you folks aren't shifting your gearbox properly.
> I run 3rd gear out to 55 mph and that is 4,000 Rpms.
> At that velocity it quickly climbs to 65-70 rather quickly.
> If you engine is going flat (loss of power) at below 3500 rpms, I'd
> suspect that the rebuilder stuck your old worn out cam back in.
> Peak power for my 83 Air Cooled Type IV engine is 2400 - 3500
> rpms seems
> to be the best power range.
> After speed is reached (70 mph at 3300 rpms) it will still
> respond pretty
> good.
> If your AFM is tuned down lean to pass the state inspection
> you may just
> be running out of the fuel to run harder.
> The altitude you operate is also a factor if you're over 5,000 feet,
> otherwise it shouldn't make much difference.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>
>
>
> On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:46:58 -0400 dr
> <dxrobertson@NETSCAPE.NET> writes:
> > I am one of the participants in the performance thread.  I just
> > replaced
> > my injectors and my 82 aircooled now does 0-60 in about 32 sec.
> > Before
> > the injectors, mine did similar to yours; it seemed to take forever
> > to
> > get from 40/45 up to 60.  My 4th gear seems to be like yours; seems
> > to
> > be a big ratio difference between 3rd and 4th; I think its just that
> > way
> > and nothing is wrong with or different about your 4th gear.  I
>
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