Go to http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?p=2024533#2024533 near the bottom of the thread there is a description. Only works on the flats of course... And my comments reflected more a philosophy than anything really empirical. But it makes sense when you are running an underpowered vehicle of that age that babying it will make it last longer than running the edge. And the fact that they were never designed for speed in the first place should make one cautious. I suspect that the the reason the road behind aircooled buses is littered with blown heads is that folks have forgotten this point, and try to drive like everyone else. And the fact that VW foolishly never installed temp gauges on their AC buses. That's an absolute must, IMO. Nathaniel On 1/25/07 10:44 AM, "Burdett, Jean-Pierre" <jp.burdett@SPOTWAVE.COM> wrote: > So any aircooled guys out there who got the answer on what is the revs > at certain speeds please share it. I could not find anything definitive > on the archives... > > And from what Nathan said going over 105Kmh is just asking for trouble > regardless of head temp? I did a search on that and could not find much > for the aircooled crowd. > > Cheers > > > > > JP Burdett | Product Marketing Manager > Spotwave Wireless Inc. > > Tel: 613.591.1662 Ext.297 | Fax: 613.591.8107 | Mobile: 613.294.8942 > 1 Hines Road. Suite 204 Ottawa ON. CANADA | K2K 3C7 > jp.burdett@spotwave.com <mailto:jp.burdett@spotwave.com> | > www.spotwave.com <http://www.spotwave.com/> > |
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