Something that i've noticed driving my vanagon for the past 9 years or so is that you kind of have to "feel" the engine and not super-floor it all the time. On the exact same hill, if you've driven a little easier on the way up to it, you can cruise right up in fourth, while in very similar conditions if you are busting ass to get somewhere, you'll have to drop down to third gear up the same hill. Both my dad and i have noticed this phenomena when driving my '84. It still exists even with the bigger engine (but i just don't have to down shift), so this leads me to think it is somewhat of a universal phenomena... What could cause this? A conversation i had with a list member a while back mentioned something about crank case pressure robbing power, in passing, but i don't really know much about that at all. Could this cause anything like that? Idle mind on an idle sunday... thanks, -damon ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (wow... it actually works!) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com |
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