Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:25:12 -0600
Reply-To: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
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my error is 1.13 due to the 28.4" wheels. 70 indicated is actually 79.1 for
example. The surprise (major change of this thread) is the oil temp gauge
error. 220 indicated is actually more like 178-181. "shot" the oil filter
with one of those thermo-laser-digital temp gauges. The gauge is a vdo
electric and the sender is the one recommended for this unit.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Marshall" <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
> Better yet, take a GPS on your next trip. When my TriStar says 94km/h on
> the speedometer I am really doing 100km/h - to get the true odometer,
> multiply distance travelled by 1.11
>
> David Marshall
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
> Of Wade Yorke
> Sent: September 6, 2004 5:12 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Vanagon not as fast as you think
>
>
> 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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