Date:         Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:42:34 -0700
Reply-To:     Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Engine swap
Comments: To: Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com>
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I quoted it from Kennedy Engineering web page link I supplied
but who knows who wrote it? Maybe the Mr. Kennedy himself?
The 2500 RPM shift point referred to seems rather low?
fwiw, my main reason for quoting it was to suggest that the Vanagon
automatic transaxle would handle the higher HP of the Subaru.
(well a Suby 2.2 anyway)

Neil.


On 10/16/14, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:

> "The Vanagon automatic transaxle can handle these engines just fine
> except it shifts too soon for high RPM engines.  Grinding about half
> the weight off the governor weights (‘84 and newer) raised the full
> throttle shift to high gear from 2500 RPM to a practical 5000 RPM...."
>
> Not sure where that information comes from.  On my '86 with AT, full
> throttle shift from 2nd to 3rd is well over 4000.  It's been a long time
> since I've held it full throttle all the way until it shifts itself since I
> try to keep the rpms from getting too high very often.  I can see the need
> to raise the shiftpoints for more typical driving with a higher-revving
> engine installed.
>
> Edward
>
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:33 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>

>> .... From here, re: Subaru to automatic:
>> http://www.kennedyenginc.com/Pages/SubaruVanagonGen.aspx



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Neil n

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