Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:22:38 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
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re engine temp...
I just did 1,34 miles..
not much in the way of long steep grades..
but it was quite hot ..
it was Krazy Kalifornia ....it was in traffic , etc.
and ...
I recently did
two upgrades to my 85 Adventuewagon ..
a 2.1 waterboxer type oil cooler..( gotta get an oil temp guage one of these
days ) .
and
Water Wetter.
The temp needle acted like it was glued in place.
it read exactly 51 % on the guage the whole time. Never budged ..or barely
up half a needle's width at the most.
and with 2.1 engine running on Digijet EFI ..
Really good power and torque and perfectly matching gear ratios..
plenty speed..
never got below 3rd gear, was in 4th 90 % of the time..
went fast...60ish mostly, but up to 75 .. Pulls 4th from 3K rpm on up just
fine on hills..
from 2,200 on the level. Super nice matching of torque and gear ratios. (
not quite stock though ..2.1 engine and 215/65 R15 rear tires )
got 20mpg..
and for what an Adventurewagon ( with the terrible stock interior
removed..) can carry..
and how quiet it is, and how smooth and good handling ( tires and wheels are
not stock of course ) ..it all was very nice. I'm pretty darn happy.
Van performed flawlessly ...no issues at all.
and I believe in Water Wetter now too.
there is a Diesel Version ..
I'll be putting that in a fresh full rebuild 1.9NA going into an 82 Diesel
Westy here real soon.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rocket J Squirrel" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: Hot oil -- good idea to change, I reckon
>> The most sustained gradient I have encountered in the western US is
>> Montezuma Grade on the east slope of the mountains near San Diego...it
>> averages ~8% for 10+ miles.
>
> That grade has big barrels of water for boiling radiators located in
> turnouts every ... what? 1/2 mile or so? Things probably predate
> Interstate 8 thereabouts.
>
>> I'd just change the oil..I usually change my oil after a prolonged high
>> speed journey anyway...
>
> That's my plan.
>
>> That section of California can get really really hot! I raced my black
>> car once at Thunderhill Raceway Park, near Redding, on a day when the
>> temps
>> were recorded at 123F! My oil temp went just above 300F. I bought ice
>> water circulating cooling vest to wear after that race.
>
> Had a bandanna on me head Jack Sparrow style, kept it soaked with water.
>
> Interestingly, driving southbound, from Weed, Calif. (3400 ft.
> elevation), down to Redding, Calif. (400 ft. elevation), there were
> steeper, albeit shorter, grades which slowed me down more than going
> north, which was more gradual. Nothing quite beats the visceral thrill
> of climbing steep, hot grades on an Interstate in first gear at 32 mph
> with cars and oversize pickup trucks coming up from behind at 70 mph and
> blowing by. Keep the emergency blinkers on, hope they see you before
> they rear-end you, and watch the engine temp.
>
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>
> Sent from my kitchen.
>
> On 09/06/2011 06:26 AM, Don Hanson wrote:
>> The most sustained gradient I have encountered in the western US is
>> Montezuma Grade on the east slope of the mountains near San Diego...it
>> averages ~8% for 10+ miles. I took my one test ride in a Diesel Westie
>> on
>> Montezuma Grade and was passed, going uphill, by my 55yr old wife riding
>> her
>> bicycle..
>>
>> I'd just change the oil..I usually change my oil after a prolonged
>> high
>> speed journey anyway...
>> That section of California can get really really hot! I raced my
>> black
>> car once at Thunderhill Raceway Park, near Redding, on a day when the
>> temps
>> were recorded at 123F! My oil temp went just above 300F. I bought ice
>> water circulating cooling vest to wear after that race.
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