><This huge motor home trailer was being towed by a ~89 VW Vanagon! The Vanagon was even keeled and travailing down the road at 65 mph. This came as quite a shock to me especially since I just spent the last 2 hours in NH trying to get my unloaded Westy to go up the slightest of hills! Anyway, is the 2.1 that much more powerful then the 1.9?? What gives here, I've never seen anything like this and don't know if it's normal.><
I don't know, but I wouldn't take the chance of towing something that huge with my 89 Vanagon! These people must have installed some 6 banger somehow! The later model Vanagon engines are powerful; i don't know what a 1.9 is like but if it's anything like a aircooled dual ported 1776cc(my previous) well...the 2.1 is alot more powerful. There is a towing capacity of course, but that trailer has got to be way over it's limit!!
____ The Buslady & "Bessie" 1989 Vanagon GL "What's the point of being grown up if you can't act childish?!" -- DrWHO #4
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