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• Re: Main Engine Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sun, 5 May 2002 16:05:15 -0700
  So Bob, even if I had your Big Valve Engine Option III, you would still keep 70 mph as your maximum sustained speed. And...
• Re: Silly idea?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:02:23 -0800
  ...is 65.6 mph >>> >>> Stock DZ tranny and 195/75/14 tires in 4th at 3500 is 51.4 mph >>> >>> Stock DZ tranny and...
• Re: VANAGON GEARING
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 18:36:41 -0800
  ...I'd like to maintain 3,000 engine RPM with a road speed of 60 MPH. My Vanagon currently runs around 50-52 MPH...
• Help, Vanagon sick!
  Historical mailing list - Doran Nugent
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 23:56:19 -0800
  ...It would slow from 65 MPH down to about 30 MPH then would start revving again. It was very cold at the time but...
• SO's auto hammers into Park at ...
  Historical mailing list - Carl Hansen
  Tue, 15 May 2001 19:52:49 -0400
  ..... oops, 40, and she wondered why there was so much white smoke!!! Yep, sitting in the middle of Fellowship Road with 50 mph traffic...
• Re: vanagon top speed, extrapolation
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:35:34 -0700
  ...Jagersand's speed vs power data set the other day. > > Converted into Imperial units: > > Speed (mph) Total drag (hp) > > 33.67 -10.72 > 44...
• Re: High Mileage - its all been done before
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:15:04 -0700
  You can get more than that by simply driving 55 MPH! On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Joel Sell <justthesells@yahoo...
• Re: clicking right front wheel
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:10:03 -0400
  ...My '86 Corolla developed a wheel-speed squeak that only showed up above 35 mph. I chased it for months. It suddenly went away...
• Re: What is rpm @ 70 mph? -Reply
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Fri, 17 Oct 1997 23:52:44 -0700
  On at least three occasions I had my 84 GL's speedo past the 100 mark, then the rev limiter kicked in. Of course...
• Re: DRLs - Bad! <f>
  Historical mailing list - Sam_Scholten
  Thu, 17 Sep 1998 16:40:29 -0400
  ...fox voice: "doc! <pant> you built a time-machine? out of a > vanagon?!?" Fat chance getting to 88 MPH... remember the chase scene with...
• 87 westy with tranny woes
  Historical mailing list - Bill Harris
  Mon, 8 Feb 1999 12:52:58 -0500
  ...Have reason to believe she was towed for more than 30 miles at greater than 30 mph against owners manual recommendations. I'm thinking...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 14:54:09 -0700
  I seem to recall some conversation regarding the gear pairs in the speedo. "W" gears comes to mind. All the speedos are essentially the...
• Re: VW V-8 engine
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 21 Feb 2003 08:48:36 -0500
  At 07:29 AM 2/21/03 -0600, Stan wrote: > I'm confident >that it will actually go past the 120 mph on the...
• Re: Finished westy conversion
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 14:03:46 EST
  ...Got in the Syncro and drove 60 MPH for 10 minutes... Check it out... and have fun doing it! Eric http://www.fyi.net...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:40:10 +0200
  > >Why do you need to go that fast? I sure am glad you aren't driving where > >my >>family travels. > > Repeat the following 500...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 22:33:47 -0500
  On 12/6/04 3:43 PM, "Don Spence" <dkspence@TELUS.NET> wrote: > Yeh... and another thing. At that speed, that last odometer digit...
• Re: Importing - Apples and Oranges
  Historical mailing list - Scott Stothers
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 21:44:55 -0600
  ...1.) Speedometer to be replaced km to mph 2.) Brake system light to be clearly labelled brake. That's it.... Scott -- No virus found...
• Re: Great Wiper Blades
  Historical mailing list - Clint Kolda
  Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:33:44 -0800
  ...windshield to improve visibility, even at higher speeds. >In >fact, Valeo's European test center speed rated the blades to more than 140 >mph.
• Ok, I take it back, the inline four vw motor sucks!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 09:45:04 -0800
  And it's expensive, hard to install, buzzes like crazy, gets crappy mileage, won't go over 40 mph and...what else? I guess...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:31:37 -0400
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! Why do you need to go that fast? I sure am glad you aren't driving where my family travels. -----Original...
• Re: Finally, My 88 Wolf Flies, is not afraid of curves and sips gas!!(28.5mpg)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 18:43:27 -0400
  ...I am up to @ 28.5 @65 mph now. I >just ran out of time (I was on the road @700 miles today. 19...
• Re: What Bentley says Re: Speedo calibration (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Michael Harrnacker
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:23:40 -0700
  ...This explains why on our last camping trip we were > going 75 MPH (indicated) and getting passed by just about everybody! > I calculate an...
• Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
  Historical mailing list - Frank Brand
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:15:14 -0700
  According to my GPS (Garmin V) at an indicated 80 mph on the speedometer, the actual speed is 78 mph. Frank '90 Carat ----- Original...
• Re: Wurstfalia pops into neutral at 60 mph in fourth gear??
  Historical mailing list - AATransaxle
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:38:52 -0800
  ...Wurstfalia pops into neutral at 60 mph in fourth gear?? > Driving along at 60 or so and about once every 1,000 > miles it...
• Re: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:56:34 -0500
  ...RPM?MPH thanks Dennis! by the way,my tires are P185/75R14 is that the standard tire? Mike
• Re: Road trip
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Thu, 12 Jul 2012 12:35:01 -0500
  ...Parks at 40 to 50 MPH</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT size=3 face=Tahoma>I'm not sure about the Mk4 engines, but the...
• Re: Optimum WBX rpms; was RE: 4 speed/5 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 23 May 2010 18:00:44 -0700
  ...Would the 70 mph oil temp be higher than the 65 mph one ?.. sure, I'd have to say it would be, but not...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:26:46 -0800
  ...And I mean > exact same route! Maybe five miles difference over the course of 400 > miles. > > Claims of driving X MPH for such and...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 May 2013 16:57:24 -0400
  ...And what do I notice? Speedometer says 60 mph and GPS says 45 mph! At 70 (speedometer) the GPS says 62! I am running...
• Re: Tire Question (27x8.5x14 vs 205/40 14)
  Historical mailing list - Hans Roos
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 14:42:00 -0700
  ...When the speedo shows 61 mph, I'm going 65 mph. What I really noticed is a drop in torque. I now need to...
• Re: More Van Rollover news NRVC
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 09:56:14 EDT
  ...Traveling 40 mph a car behind a stopped truck in the oncoming lane turns right in front of me. I guess they were impatient...
• Re: Speedometer and odometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:40:40 -0700
  ...What I have found is that my > speedometer is off (registers about 4 or 5 mph less than I am actually > traveling). At 3000...
• Re: Which Subaru engine?
  Historical mailing list - Jay Fitzgerald
  Wed, 06 Aug 1997 10:01:54 -0600
  > Chris Wyatt wrote: > > I'm not interested in going 100 mph with six of my friends in the Van, > > but I'd like to...
• Oil Temp...
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Thu, 30 Apr 1998 18:14:50 -0700
  Quick ? Anyone know how hot the oil in a 2.1 engine is running at when cruising at say 80 mph on a flat...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 01:02:18 -0500
  Robert, Benny lives about 3 blocks from Haight & Ashbury----you have to know he is doing some bad stuff with the hippies !! He is...
• Finished westy conversion
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:19:13 -0500
  ...Got in the Syncro and drove 60 MPH for 10 minutes... Check it out... and have fun doing it! Eric http://www.fyi.net...
• Subject: Speed
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:05:33 -0500
  ...Speed > >Westfalia ---85 1.9 stock waterboxer > >195 MPH top speed. I live in Bellingham and can make it to Seattle (90 >miles away...
• Re: [T2] [Friday] Fastest bus ever
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Sat, 9 Dec 2006 22:36:12 -0500
  ...Mine approaches rollover at 30 mph... < Happy Trails, Greg Potts 1973/74/75/77/79 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" www.pottsfamily.ca/westfakia www...
• Re: MPG and AC - Mythbusters
  Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:09:22 -0400
  ...Open the windows at 60 MPH, you don't feel the engine start to drag the same as if you turned on that AC...
• Re: Agilis on Alloy
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:30:32 -0500
  ...Where the hell am I going to go 132 mph in Houston? I guess if I did manage to get up to speed and...
• Re: How to tighten vent wing
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 8 Aug 2014 20:51:37 -0400
  ...Good up to about 86 mph. Did try to go faster. > > Chris. > > Wysłane z iPhone'a > > Dnia Aug 8, 2014 o godz. 9:15...
• Re: Question to a diesel expert... :o)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 22:08:02 -0400
  ...Never exceeding 62 mph. I know that small TD engine must work very hard to move that 2 tons body but i find that...
• The SVX experience
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:07:39 -0400
  ...We hit over 105 mph on a very brief stretch of the interstate, and that thing had much more left in it. 60 is...
• Re: ***SPAM*** vanagon Digest - 18 Aug 2005 to 19 Aug 2005 - Special issue (#2005-673)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:42:16 -0500
  <<You'll be so much happier as you wizz down, "or is it" wizz alongside the road at 85 mph. Leave us poor VW...
• Re: [Syncro] 10K update-2.3 H.O. WBX from Unique Imports
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 14:41:34 -0400
  ...Westy has custom gears and 15 inch wheels with TAKO' > BFG's. > Runs around 3600 RPMS at 72 MPH. > <snip> > It got only around...
• Re: tire size vs. rpm. the real answer
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 20:43:40 -0700
  ...And as Gary noted, bigger tires, means 70 mph comes up at a slower >RPM, and with smaller tires, 70 mph comes up at...
• Re: Safe RPM's
  Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 11:04:25 -0400
  ...Are you really doing 60 MPH? Try comparing to a measured mile (those little numbered posts alongside the interstates). Before our tire swap, I...
• When Westies Fly ... was Frydae notsofunnies Nigerian businessmen
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 14:42:59 -0700
  ...Hence, a fully loaded Westy that normally has a top speed of 70 MPH at sea level will deliver nearly 94 MPH at such...
• Re: Automatic vs Manual trans. ( Friday )
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 12 Sep 2015 08:53:01 -0400
  When my '91 GL automatic still had its 2.1L wbx and 100K+ miles, we would get about 19 mpg cruising at 70 mph...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Shepard, Scott
  Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:04:35 -0700
  ...no, not for going 70 MPH, but for those lovely L.A. freeway drives, more on the brake than the gas.) Thanks Scott
• Re: Back but bested!
  Historical mailing list - David Katsuki
  Sat, 09 Aug 1997 17:44:49 -0400
  ...average (24 hr/day) speed of 145 mi/hr, so I can understand why you weren't able to lug below 50 mph... Dave
• Re: Granny Gear
  Historical mailing list - GMBulley
  Thu, 14 May 1998 08:32:07 EDT
  ...at idle (did this on I-80 in nevada at 65 mph...on cruise control... >> Yet another Vanagon listee who needs to wear a...
• Re: Here's one to rack your brains
  Historical mailing list - Scott Semyan
  Wed, 10 May 2000 10:12:50 -0700
  ...I assume you mean MPH? If this is the case, I am surprised you didn't blow the entire engine. My tach would probably...
• Re: Friday FISH : The "Chris" Factor
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:15:02 -0400
  ...s not satisfied with just doing 80, but with doing 80 mph ALL THE TIME. I'll settle for 69. Chris S. '85 Westy...
• Re: What is the worst design part in the Vanagon WAS-Re: OEMPopseals Top Seals
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 17:26:45 -0400
  ...Only way is to drive slower, under 65 MPH. Aero-spike...aw c'mon, *somebody* do it...I want pictures, I do. *With* the...
• Re: just how COLD is it where u are.. - 3 here...w/ -35 WCF
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 08:16:54 EST
  ...Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Stay warm,>> TJ, That's great, but have you heard that this year will also have a...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:17:22 -0700
  somewhere around 190-195 cubic inches (1 cubic inch = apx 0.016 L) so it's nicely sized compared to 1.9L (115ci) and...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 2 Nov 2007 01:45:04 -0400
  ...75 mph is tops in most places, and 65-70 is more standard. I recently took I-70 from DC to Chicago and the...
• Re: Vanagon Safety?
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Fri, 26 Jun 1998 22:09:25 -0500
  ...A collision at 65 mph is 40% more destructive than 55 mph. <SNIP>
• Re: The SVX experience
  Historical mailing list - Road Trip
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 00:08:27 -0700
  ...I had mine up to 100 mph a few days ago chasing a WRX for a few miles and was running 5000 rpm with...