John, it's always that first taste of twice the torque that makes you just want to peg the speedo. :D (i remember doing it to my old van when i had just finished the 3.4l chevy v6 swap) One thing about turbos, if you don't mind the exhaust out the side of the van, you can always run a turbo on the left side under the van (with adequate steel protection) with an unequal-length header. Sudhir On 5/18/07, John Reddick <SVYOLO@yahoo.com> wrote: > To Jim and Sudhir; > Jim; > It is far easier and cheaper, albeit heavier, to add 2 cylinders than a > turbo in the Subie Vanagon world. > > Sudhir; > I did hit the trip reset button on the bottom of my Westy speedo in my > Westy when it was first SVXed. It was accelerating as hard at 115 as it > was at 65. Only the reset buttom, and the shrinking of my gonads, kept me > from going far faster. > > John > Vanaru.com > |
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