On 8/19/2009 10:26 AM Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > Automatic transmission Vanagons are just undergeared anyway, with the > stock 3 speed auto tran. It's real easy to be at 3,500 to 4,000 rpm , > especially in top ( 3rd ) gear, that's just how they are. Yeah. At 3,000 rpm in 3rd (AT) we go 50 mph (GPS). 4,000 rpm gives 67 mph. Which is about as fast as I ever go anyway, esp. since the speedometer reads 12% high on this van. I always think I'm going faster than I am, which doesn't make the cars behind me any happier. Didn't I read somewhere about a bumper sticker that said something like 68 hp, 5,200 lbs Do the math -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR |
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