OK, here is = the deal. I am still very frustrated with the power output of my stock = 82 westy. It just has such a lack of both acceleration & top end power. I am not looking for a rocket ship. I was very = content with my 76 westy with the same engine. Almost all hills in the PDX area = are 3 gear below 50MPH events. The van will do 70MPH but it really does = not like it. 65MPH is where it seems to want to drive. I can live = with that most of the time. With my 76, there was very few hills around here = that I had to downshift for. 65 was the norm. What I am really = looking for is some one in the PDX area to come & take my van for a drive & = compare it to their air-cooled van. Since this is the only Vanagon I have = ever had, I have no frame of reference. Let me know what you all = think. Thanks. BTW, except for the power, I love the = Vanagon.