Im not the hold it to the floor to accelerate kind of guy,other than an emergency!! Just ease in enuff matching acceleration. I feel that lugging is a heavy load at low rpm and engine is struggling to stay running other than that I consider it a load!! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy On Oct 28, 2012 5:59 PM, "Scott Daniel - Turbovans" < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: In other words... unless just coasting along lightly on the level at not too high speed .. a 1.6 NA is always lugging in a vanagon. . lol. At least without a turbo you can't stress it *too* much. and it is, after all, a Car engine put in to much bigger heavy vehicle. A bad habit VW had for years. If you think about it, the waterboxer is the only true 'vanagon only' factory engine. All the rest of them are car engines, not that a decent 1.9 TD or TDI can't do a good job in a Vanagon. Yup ..got a decent trans- now just need a matching engine. I find the DK to have a slightly tall 1st gear for a diesel, but no big deal really. If you had even a 1.9 NA you'd be happy with the gear ratios/engine torque combination. Especially if it's set up right. Scott
On 10/28/2012 10:58 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote: > > Anytime an increase in throttle does not result ... |
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