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Date:         Tue, 18 Aug 1998 23:23:38 -0700
Reply-To:     t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         t bill <tbil@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fw:      driving speed vs. engine life
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM, Gary Stearns <gstearns@SPRINTMAIL.COM>
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> > >A question to all: > > > >In this age of 75mph speed limits does anyone beat the heck out of their > >van the way I do when doing highway driving? > -----------snip----------- > Any thrown rods, smashed valves etc. out > >there? What kind of engine life (mileage) can I expect out of this > >great ole '85 Vanagon? > > Funny you should ask! Our '88 Waterboxer did throw a rod 2 weeks ago. 96K > on the engine, running synthetic oil, always warmed up before driving in the > winter etc. We did however make some *fast* highway cruises. 3 hours at > 80+ was not unusual. Not going to do a waterboxer again. Looking at > Golf engines and Subaru engines. Seems either would be an improvement. > My little 1.9 l will do 80 something depending on wind direction, auto, so I don't know the rpm. Just don't feel good about running floored so when I'm over 80 mph (75 for that matter) I'm drafting to some degree so I can back off the manifold preasure. For some reason, I think that that's OK, the high rpm won't hurt. Am I justified in thinking that or not?

TBill

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