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Date:         Tue, 7 Sep 2004 17:36:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Max Wellhouse <maxjoyce@IPA.NET>
Subject:      Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
Comments: To: Wade Yorke <wade@CARSAND.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <8715956E-0062-11D9-A13B-00039367F1C4@carsand.com>
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My GPS unit says differently!! My Weddle tranny with 4.57 r/p and .082 4th gear with Agilis tires shows 3400rpm @70mph on the spedo, just exactly what the GPS says I'm doing. do you think Big Brother would lie to you?? 70 and 60 series tires will definitely give you a false sense of speed.

DM&FS

At 07:11 PM 9/6/2004, Wade Yorke wrote: >You may not actually be going as fast as your speedometer indicates >since the Vanagon speedometer is at least 15 miles per hour optimistic >at the higher speeds. In the Bentley it states that at 1000 rpm in >high gear you are going 18 miles per hour (29 kilometers per hour) with >the 4-speed transmission. I don't think the 5 speed has a higher ratio >in 5th, just different spacing of the gears. >Divide your indicated rpm by 1000 and then multiply that by 18 and you >will get your true miles per hour. For example: your engine rpm is >4,500. 4500 divided by 1000 = 4.5. Multiply 4.5x18= 81 miles per >hour. My 1.9TD conversion (with gas transmission) shows 80 miles per >hour at about 3,700 rpm. It sounds and feels like 80 but is really 67 >miles per hour. > >Wade Yorke >Nova Scotia >'84 Westy 1.9TD


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