funny, I remember a greater range when I had my van diesel powered, I think my best was 410 miles. My best on the conversion has been around 350 miles, normal on gas is 330. I am running 185/80 14 tires :) Alistair
'82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ On 4-May-05, at 7:09 PM, Shawn Wright wrote: '82 1.6 NA diesel Westy, 350 mi / 560 km '88 2.1L wbx Westy, 280 mi / 450km The diesel will probably do more than 350, but I've only driven on trip so far, too early to tell. I've pushed the '88 over 500kms a few times, but 450/280 is typical. On 4 May 2005 at 18:38, Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM> wrote: > 1.9 NA Diesel Westy: 340 before I get nervous... 370-80 if I feel > "lucky." Running at 65... 340. Running at 55... more. > > Jim > > On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at 04:04 PM, Jim Felder wrote: > >> My NA diesel westy 350 >> My 90 Carat 250 >> >> Varies of course with load, highway speed, but this is normal mixed >> city/road driving. >> Shawn Wright http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright '85 Jetta D '88 Westy 2.1L, soon to be 1.6TD 5 speed (see progress at http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels) '82 Diesel Westy |
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