Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 15:46:08 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: A/C tranny in my na diesel!
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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 in an increase in speed or
> the engine is losing speed with significant throttle it is being lugged. And
> this happens at any RPM. If you going up a hill and losing speed you are
> lugging the engine. How far down your foot is determines how much.
>
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>
> Dennis
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> From: ralph meyermann [mailto:ralphmeyermann@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:47 AM
> To: Dennis Haynes
> Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
> Subject: Re: RE: A/C tranny in my na diesel!
>
>
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> At 3k rpm@ 60 mph is not considered lugging and I don't drive with the foot
> to the floor at lower rpm as well. I also don't lug the engine elsewhere in
> any of the gears unless in first gear starting from a stop!
>
> Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
>
> On Oct 28, 2012 9:29 AM, "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes slowing down the engine means less power. It was geared the way it was
> for a number of reasons. You just need to spend more time in third to
> compensate. Not only are you making less power but you are increasing stress
> on the engine. Unlike a real truck engine it really is not designed to be
> continuously lugged. The increased torque requirement means higher stress
> and cylinder pressures which increase heat and NOx emissions. I would invest
> in the later-turbo diesel engine for the increased power and strength. The
> pistons and crank are not the only differences.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf ...
>
> Hi Volks!! Took my first trip with the air cooled tranny in Velma and loving
> the rpm change at 60-65...
>
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