Date:         Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:38:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Blaine Bachman <bbachman@DSDABQ.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Blaine Bachman <bbachman@DSDABQ.COM>
Organization: BFGoodrich Data Systems
Subject:      Eurospec Followup Followup
Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Just a note to tell you all that Kyle
and I have been having a healthy
off-line conversation on my earlier
concerns (some may call them
criticisms) with the Eurospec kit.

Kyle has been very helpful and
forthcoming.  It now appears that some
of my problems and misgivings may have
been amplified by inattention on the
part of the installer/reseller and loss
of documentation somewhere between
Overland's loading dock and my engine
compartment.  I'll gladly leave that to
the two of them to sort out.

Meanwhile, I took a weekend trip to
Juarez and El Paso, putting another 700
miles on the engine and am happy to
report that all went well.  Mileage was
around 18 (I often got 20 on the
highway with the Wasserboxer).  The car
dropped down to 55mph on a few of the
climbs along I-25, but cruised along
effortlessly at 70mph - 4100rpm  most
of the time (remember, it's an
automatic).

Once the vibration (from the exhaust?)
is sorted out, it should be a real
dream to drive at highway speeds.
(While waiting for the promised
coupler, Kyle gave me some other ideas
about vibe reduction.)

Thank you Ron and the others, for
providing this forum and for tolerating
my non-subscriber submissions (I just
couldn't keep up with the mail if I
were still on list).  Hopefully
everyone agrees that I'm giving more
than I'm taking.

With any luck, my angst (decreasing, by
the way) will result in improved
communications and ultimately a
smoother and quicker conversion for any
of you who take the plunge.  Anyone
wanting more information or a dialogue
on the subject, please remember to
e-mail me directly.  And if you're ever
in Albuquerque and want to see the
car....

-Blaine