Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 22:49:51 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
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Well, I seem to be having more "Senior Moments" as I travel the streets and
highways of our nation.
I often visit friends in Centerville Texas almost exactly half way between
Houston and Dallas at the 125 mile marker.
From their front and rear porch we can see the I 45 highway at night and the
traffic looks like a string of Christmas lights on certain holiday weekends.
I always dread getting into that line because I drive very near the legal
speed limits and it just seems that wave after wave of speeders come upon me
from behind and many behave in desperate ways switching lanes and even
passing on the shoulder of the road to hold their position in the pattern
they approached in.
If I'm in a small group of cars that are all within the legal speed limits
it just really presents a logistical challenge to them to get past the small
caravan of three to five cars.
Seems that anyone that is traveling the legal speed just really pisses them
off by even being on their road.
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As far as your injector hoses go!
You're very lucky that you didn't have a fire.
My 76 Porsche had the OEM hoses on the entire fuel system.
When I removed the hoses I took one and slit it like a snake.
I spread the line and it was just lines with hairline splits that then
opened up right into the fabric cover.
The PO and I lucked out.
Having had my engine fire on an 83 Westy I drove the Porsche less than 30
miles before I replaced every hose I could find in the engine bay.
Stan
-----Original Message-----
From: John Rodgers [mailto:jh_rodgers@bellsouth.net]
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 10:23 PM
To: Stan Wilder
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
Stan, these people that go flying by are also spitting on you in other
ways as well. They are burning one hell of a lot of extra fuel to overcome
the weight, drag and friction of their vehicles ......which ultimately
results in raising your fuel costs. They also increase the air pollution,
which raises your costs in taxes, among other things. It's a never ending
story.
P**s on them. If they are going to wreck me up, it will be from behind so
if I survive I can sue the bastards.!!! Or my estate, offspring or kinsmen
can at any rate.
BTW, I just increased my mileage rate by replacing leaking injector hoses.
I haven't clocked it yet, but it is already noticeable.
Regards,
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
Stan Wilder wrote:
I'm afraid I'm really opinionated about some things.
While returning from Houston TX on Super bowl Sunday at about 2 PM I was
repeatedly overwhelmed by herds of SUVs, MPVs, Pickups and cars with an X or
Z attached to a name placards.
I was driving my 1976 Porsche and cranking it along at a safe 70 - 75 MPH
depending on which county I was passing through.
Just once in a while I'd give the throttle a little poke to see just how
fast these other vehicles were traveling and I found many to be in the 90
mph + range with me fifty foot off their tail.
In the 30 years I've been making this trip I've seen lots of accidents and
some were clearly deadly.
People that speed for any reason are showing you just as much disrespect as
spitting on your car or in your face.
They are saying "You're not important, I don't care if I kill you!". It's
not verbal but that is what their actions say to me.
I'm always pleased to see the Highway Patrol or Local Police pulling them
over and making my point for me.
I speculate that I saw twenty active traffic stops in 250 miles and fours
hours of driving on Super bowl Sunday. Every offender was someone that
passed me, flying low.
I'm not saying everybody with 200 to 500 hp is speeding since I can't see
the people behind me.
Stan Wilder
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Tim Demarest
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 6:07 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
Sure Stan, but no wheelies... :-)
still puttering along with an original 1.9 WBX,
Tim
At 04:27 PM 2/2/2004 -0600, Stan Wilder wrote:
I think the old rule of 'run what you brung' is still good.
Most WBs will run 75 mph and even the Air Cooled Vanagons and heavy Westies
will run 70 mph plus all day long if the engines are in good condition.
Investing up to $5000.00 for a bigger engine so you can run an extra 50K
miles is about two to three times what you'd spend keeping your existing
engine running that much longer or replacing it with a good rebuilt engine.
Stan Wilder
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Ben T
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 3:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
In a message dated 2/2/2004 9:09:45 AM Pacific Standard Time,
lsm6@NORTHCOAST.COM writes:
I was reading in Ultra VW #6 about Oettinger 3.2 6 cylinder WBX engines.
They talk about the popularity of the type 25 in Europe(and the type 2)
hope
some of more of this comes across the ocean. Lloyd in Eureka, Ca (who is
tired of seeing Vanagons in the Junk yard getting squished)
Had a chance to buy one or two. Couldn't figure out how to pass the engine
under the Federal emission noses.
BenT
