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Date:         Tue, 7 Dec 2004 00:49:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
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When I pegged (on the trip reset button) my speedometer, I was getting a pretty consistant 10mpg (note: I was getting 10mpg in normal driving as well due to a HUGE carb setup). I drove down to Ocean City, MD doing about that speed the whole time (other than the small towns).

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:37:29 -0500, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote: > Somehow, I don't think fuel economy is a priority at that speed. I'd be > curious as to how long the trans can last at that speed in 4th gear and > how well the cooling system can handle some 300,000 btus/hour of heat > being generated by that much fuel being burned. > > Dennis > > PS, I don't doubt the WRX can push the van that fast. I just don't think > the picture is really showing that speed. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of mark drillock > Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:41 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG? > > It takes about 50 hp to push a Vanagon at 65 mph, or so I've read. I > think I also read that the wind resistance goes up as the square of the > speed. If so, 130 being 2 times as fast would take 4 times the power or > about about 200 hp. Since 65mph yields about 20 mpg, 130 mph would give > what, about 5 mpg? Maybe even less since the rpm would be so high? > > Mark > > Brian T. wrote: > > >I was with Eric on drive to Seattle in his WRX van > >warlier this year. We easily popped past 110 in a > >short run heading North and then a sprint almost up to > >where that speedo shot was on the way back. > > > >Lemme' tell ya it is something to go that fast in a > >vanagon! > > > >Eric has done such a good job of engineering this > >thing though, it is rock solid at speed. > > > >Brian from Salem, Or > > > > > > >


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