Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 02:13:12 +0000
Reply-To: Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Chris DeLong <green536@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 130mph in a vanagon
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http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1552680
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1252551
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/543989
I am sure he would be happy to answer any doubting questions. I also know
the guys down at Matrix Engineering and they would not make stories up about
dyno numbers.
250 hp, but is incapable of reaching a speed of around 130mph? I dont think
so.
Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA
>From: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
>Reply-To: jbange <hfinn@INGRATES.NET>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 130mph in a vanagon
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 08:07:25 -0800
>
>At 11:28 PM 12/6/2004, you wrote:
>>I can assure all of you that Eric's speedo was reading what it appears to
>>be
>>reading.
>
>It APPEARS to be reading 0 mph. Take a look at it again. See that little
>black dot under the "0" in the 10 mph marking? That's the peg. It's very
>clearly on the WRONG SIDE OF THE NEEDLE to be 130 mph or anything near it.
>
>> I do doubt that it was indicating 130 mph. My rabbit with a swapped
>>2.0l 16v in it does that speed just fine. The aerodynamics of a Vanagon do
>>not allow it to acheive a true 130 mph. Nothing fishy about his post. I
>>know
>>thats what he saw. I would also like to take this time to point out how
>>inaccurate our speedos are at that speed. I dont think Eric was trying to
>>say he was doing 130 MPH. Either way, give the man a break. He put alot of
>>time and money into a really nice Vanagon. Let him have his glory.
>
>I do commend his work, but spending time and money doesn't mean we have to
>believe everything he says. I can't give him a break on his post on
>vwvortex:
>
>"We did a top speed run just past exit 14 on I-5. Ever see a Vanagon speedo
>go all the way around back to the peg? (I took out my odo reset button). We
>hit the peg and it was still creeping up."
>
>The picture he posted clearly shows the speedo needle resting on the left
>side of the peg in the "0 mph" position. He's telling a fish story. Maybe
>he did have it up that fast and didn't feel comfortable snapping a pic, but
>the picture he does have is NOT what he describes. I'm sorry, but
>extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.
>
>John Bange
>'90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
