Date:         Sat, 19 Oct 2002 14:49:24 -0400
Reply-To:     Az Barber <barb2375@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Az Barber <barb2375@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject:      Re: Increasing horsepower
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Date:    Sat, 19 Oct 2002 21:43:45 +1300
From:    Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Increasing horsepower

>That's why some of us are fitting Subaru EJ turbo engines or EG33s.
>And SOME of these get Porsche transmissions, CVs and axles... as well
>as brakes.
>--
>Andrew Grebneff

Here we are in the 21st century, and you guys are spending thousands of
dollars to get your Vanagons to be as reliable as a newer vehicle, and get
real excited about 0-60 times that are sub 20 seconds.

You guys do realize that VW makes a van that has over 200 reliable horses
from the factory? Oh wait, scratch that. They stopped production on them
already. So now that they're not being made anymore it's ok to like them,
right?

When I'm really in the mood to go fast, my daily commuter vehicle does the
quarter mile in 10 seconds, 0-60 in just a hair over 2 seconds, gets 50 mpg,
and even allows me to use the HOV lane. No, it's not a VW, but it is air
cooled.

All this talk about fast Vanagons is highly amusing. I think we should start
a racing league. Drag racing? Sure, that'd be fun. Just bring along a
calendar to measure 1/4 mile times. Road racing? Ooh! How about an endurance
race? 5 laps oughta do it. <g>

Az
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AH#56