Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:03:34 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
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It's in Bentley. I believe in the area on instruments, but not sure.
Karl Wolz
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf Of
> Chris DeLong
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 8:59 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
>
> checked mine with a GPS and its saying on the gauge that I am going 57
but I
> am actually going 63. I also have 29" tires.
>
> Anyone have the link from the NTSA about precalibrating speedometers
to read
> higher than reality to convince drivers to not drive so fast? I read
it
> somewhere and dint save the link.
>
>
>
> Chris DeLong
> Fine Tuning
> 206.522.5503
> www.finetuningperformance.com
> Seattle, WA USA
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: Vince S <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
> >Reply-To: Vince S <gipsyflies@COMCAST.NET>
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >Subject: Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
> >Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 19:08:47 -0700
> >
> >I checked my 89 Westy with stock alloy with a GPS and at 60 MPH it is
> >only about 0.6 MPH off. 1%. This is better than most car I ever
owned.
> >
> >
> >
> >- Vince
> >
> >http://gipsyflies.home.comcast.net
> >1989 Vanagon GL Camper
> >1993 Mazda Miata (for sale)
> >1996 Land Rover Discovery
> >2005 Mini Cooper S
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On
Behalf
> >Of David Marshall
> >Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:59 PM
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >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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> >4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
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> >
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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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