On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, dave bowers wrote: > I have a 3 brand new pistons & sleeves that were given to me after the PO > threw a piston when driving down the Alcan (he left his 88 gl in 2nd gear, > driving at 70 on gravel roads. He claimed he couldn't hear the high rpms. > He is 6'7", so maybe he didn't look down to see them 6000 rpm either!) This brings up a question I've been loathe to test for myself: do Vanagons have rev limiters? Or was this guy just letting it coast down a mountain and letting gravity take it well over redline? ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net '88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL |
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