---- Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > I understand the WBX motor was designed to run at lower rpms....so I am > sure it works better there..the inline VW I have seems to be best between > 3500 and 4500...maybe 5000, so that is where I drive it and my gas > consumption goes down if I let the revs fall... And as Frank said, lugging > a small engine with a big load is NOT a good plan unless it was built to do > that, and Jetta motors were not. > Don Hanson If the waterboxer was designed to run at higher RPMs than you quoted, why does it settle into 3200 at 60mph in 4th gear, and why is it redlined where it is? The green zone on the tach is below 5K, red is around 6K, right? this is the 2.1 waterboxer on a manual speed 91 campmobile. -- David McNeely |
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