Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:24:14 -0700
Reply-To: The Westy man <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
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From: The Westy man <thewestyman@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Yes! It's working great! All-time best MPG..
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I get 45mpg in my diesel Golf, but I would not put the engine into a
Vanagon, I think it would be too slow.
Zoltan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: Yes! It's working great! All-time best MPG..
>I would have to say nobody can beat the miles per dollar you're getting on
> regular gas and 27.8 mpg.
> A 30 mpg diesel vanagon doesn't beat that for miles per dollar.
> nor any subaru vanagon or waterboxer vanagon.
> hmmmm...................Maybe I won't sell this spare diesel bell housing
> I
> have.
> somehow I just never hear of rabbit 1.8 engines for sale, but I also don't
> go looking for them either.
> Very impressive.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2008 5:36 PM
> Subject: Yes! It's working great! All-time best MPG..
>
>
>> Just rolled in from a long day's tour of the SE corner of the Cascade
>> range
>> in my 84 'topless' camper with the inline four 1.8l rabbit motor.
>> I've not done a highway trip since early spring, but I have done
>> eminence
>> and a few minor mods. I changed the plugs (they had about 30k miles on
>> em
>> and were all perfect color range, but they'd eroded away to have about 40
>> thou. gaps) I also replaced my tranny fluid with new Redline synthetic,
>> added a 'chin-spoiler' made from ABS garden edging, emptied the water
>> tank
>> (unless I am planning on camping) and cleaned or changed all the filters.
>> I've been getting 24+ mpg around "town" if you call my local "town" (I
>> do)
>> though it is not city driving, by any means.
>> I went via interstate (84)to Portland and almost up (I-5) to Olympia,
>> headed to a bike race...But it was raining hard and even when it's dry, a
>> bike race has enough suffering, so I bagged it. I filled up and headed
>> east, between Mt Adams and Mt. Rainer on some small paved forest road I'd
>> never traveled before..Then across White Pass to Yakima ("The Palm
>> Springs
>> of Washington" according to their sign) I got in a nice warm bike
>> workout
>> behind Naches, Wa. then headed for home across Satus Pass, back into the
>> Gorge. On the one full tank I got during the trip, mostly climbing
>> switchbacks and a little regular highway, I got my all time best so far
>> fuel
>> economy of 27.87mpg. The motor seemed quite happy, kinda sounds like a
>> Mexican Taxi or a Honda Crotch-rocket motorcycle, with it's little
>> high-winding inline four and it's magnaflow SS muffler.. It will be
>> interesting to see what the rest of the trip mpg comes out.
>> Exactly what a bus is supposed to do perfectly....it did.
>> Don Hanson
>> (I am typing this with my toes, legs and everything else crossed...hoping
>> I
>> didn't jinx myself by saying how good it is..)
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