Date:         Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:42:37 +1200
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: vanagon top speed, extrapolation
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>Been 95 mph in mine with the stock 2.1.......
>
>However I had the clutch in and a trailer on the back coming out of the
>mountains in W. Va.
>
>Jere

In 1979 I had over 100mph out of my battered 59 Panelvan, complete
with stock split-case trans & 36hp. The needle swung around to the
pin and stopped there with a whack.

Of course it had a FULL load on board (Honda CB450 K5 buried under a
year's worth of living necessities) and was coasting clutch-in down a
LONG STEEP hill... boy, the service station at the bottom went past
fast!

It would happily cruise at 80mph with more to go (no, I didn't try
for a top speed) after I put in a single-port 1600, but I hate to
think what rpm it was spinning.