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Date:         Sun, 19 Oct 1997 01:03:49 -0400
Reply-To:     SyncroHead@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon mailing list <Vanagon@Gerry.SDSC.EDU>
From:         Jim Davis <SyncroHead@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: wheels (was syncro fuel tanks and snow tyres)
Comments: To: JordanVw@aol.com

In a message dated 97-10-18 02:31:49 EDT, JordanVw@AOL.COM writes:

>> Increasing the tire diameter means even slower acceleration and higher >> gearing. Using a Syncro for any real four wheeling, you'll quickly realize >> that even the low gear on the Syncro isn't low enough for many off-road >> adventures. I'll stick with the 14" wheels until a pile of cash lands in my >> front yard enabling me to change the differential gears to compensate for the >> larger wheels.

> but bigger wheels also means lower rpm's and faster top end speed, right?

Theroretically, but top end speed is still power limited in a Vanagon, so I doubt you could actually go any faster.

> also, what about the "16" Syncros" everybody's talking about - do they have a > whole different syncro trans from the regular models w/ 14" wheels?? > chris

Not a whole different trans, but a different pair of ring & pinion gears in both the front and rear differentials.

Jim Davis


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