Date:         Sat, 18 Oct 2003 19:31:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      weird power at speed under load fluctuation thingy
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I've had the fortunate opportunity to either ride in
or drive the same '84 westy since it was new.
Something that i've noticed through its life (well,
more so since i've been driving it for the past 10
years) is how load dependent the power is on the
highway. What i mean is, if you've had your foot in
it, and then let off for a little bit (ie. going over
a long grade), there isn't much "pep" when you get on
the gas again. Compared to a nice flat stretch at the
same speed, requiring little throttle, once you get on
it, the van does too. The only difference between
these two scenarios being the earlier load
requirements.

The stock 1.9 showed this, and i kind of took pride in
how i could "feel" the van to give it just enough
throttle so it would have that pep again after i got
over the hill, while my father just believed in the
"mash it some more" technique.  My new 2.3 engine
really shows this, though.  To the point that i can
accellerate up a reasonably good grade one moment, and
then the next have that power fading again...

What gives?  Has anyone else experienced this
phenomena?  I'm wondering if it simply case pressure,
but i don't really know much about that...

Thanks for any thoughts on the matter,
-Damon

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'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (wow... it actually works!)

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