Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:37:33 -0400
Reply-To: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
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From: Benny boy <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
Subject: Re: That "peppy" 2.2L
Interesting that race Maggie!
You did good :-)
I have seen 1 Audi convestion so far in the shop, in my case, it was...
horrible, but it could have been so nice if done a bit nicer, i have seen
the same with older Subi's, ugly stuff!
Just for the sake of this little polite discussion, we tried again
yesterday, i remove all the water from my water tank, fix and set my new 7k
Jetta RPM, and this time: both vans where going about 15mph, we hit the gas
pedal and... sadly for the 2.2L, it was behind! when i hit the third gear,
the little 2.2L gold westy was very small in my rear view mirror.
We did that on a small closed road.
Since my conversion, i already did over 10k miles, rarely going over
70-75mph and reving under 3700rpm. The main reason of a conversion is not
only more power, far from it, but reliability! A 2000+(year) power plan is
the way to go to maintain those Vanagons on the road for a long time.
If i think again, i ride my van way slower an harder than before? With the
stock engine, you alway need 90% of the power.
Even if we have master the 06-07 Subi 2.5L technology, we are lloking at
other Subi powerplant for the future, like the XT, WRX, STI and H6.
For my part, next year, the Red Tornado van will have a STI. Just for fun.
As for fuel efficiency VS power, the 2.5L (2000-2004) is dificult to beat,
that is one reason i'm keeping this one for my upcomming Mexico trip.
Cheers, Ben
http://www.benplace.com/subaru_ej_25.htm
On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:09:57 -0600, Maggie Dew <wildebus@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>I think the reason the 2.2 took Ben's 2.5 was the duration of the race - too
>short.
>
>On September 29, in Santa Fe, the Great Vanagon Race, part II, took place.
>There were eight of us - Westys, non-Westys, Syncros, non-Syncros, an Audi
>engine, Subi 2.2s (3 of them), a Subi 2.5, a TDI biodeisel, a stock 1.9 and
>a stock 2.1. We raced on Interstate 25 from one exit to another (between
>four and five miles) - and it was mostly gradually uphill. It was also at
>7,000 ft. elevation which has a definite impact on the speed that can be
>gained going uphill. My Subi 2.2 beat the other two Subis (both Syncros),
>but after a half mile or so the Audi went by me like a bat out of h*** and
>after maybe a mile the 2.5 passed me as well. See link below for pictures
>and commentary.
>
>http://www.roadhaus.com/Race.html
>
>Maggie
>'85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"
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