At 11:06 AM 6/16/95 CDT, david woodward wrote: > >I just bought a 73 Camper with a 77 fuel injected 2 liter engin. I have >owned VW buses before (71', 66') and bugs (67', 73'which I still own) but >never with this >pancake engin. It seems to me to be very little difference in the amount >of power I have This is odd, you should be able to hold 75mph on the highway, 60+mph on long grades and generally drive without obstructing traffic, 4th gear almost always. There is NO comparison between a '71 and '77 engine, the '77 puts out almost 20% more power, 72 vs 58HP, (iff'n I remember OK). Got any compression in that engine? Valves OK? Top speed in my '71 Westy was ~60mph when new, was ~80 in 2.0l '78 Westy when old. I used 20W50 in summer in aircooleds, 10W30 some winters 5W20 others. I wouldn't use 40W, makes for more starting effort than necessary. tim s.
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