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• Re: question of oil level
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 1994 10:49:54 -0400 (EDT)
  Hey joel....at least the EuroVan can travel up steep hills at 70 mph WITH the A/C on full WITHOUT loosing speed!!! So...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Sun, 10 Nov 1996 19:29:33 -0500 (EST)
  ...My non Syncro, non westy does a flat 21-22 MPG at 65 MPH. It has no O2 sensor, and no CAT. And goes...
• Re: Gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Randy Weersing
  Thu, 28 Jun 2001 22:13:08 EDT
  ...Climbing the steep stuff, I'm limited to about 55 mph in 3rd gear, but when it flattens out a bit, 70-75 is...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:40:39 -0500
  > 5280 ft 1760 yds >> and I never could >> remember how many feet or yards there were in a mile, even as a kid >> in...
• Re: Rolled Vw's
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 19 Nov 2004 22:58:10 +1300
  ...I missed a turn in the rain at 75 mph, went >>over the concrete barrier, and rolled down a bank onto some railroad >>tracks...
• Re: whistling vent window fix?
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 12:34:08 EST
  ...door of my '80 has whistled annoyingly when speed passes 30 mph since I got it. >> Are you sure the sound is coming from...
• Re: High Wind Warning!
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 27 Sep 2006 13:24:19 -0600
  ...bet the wind had to be a lot higher than 70 mph to flip that westy? Was it driveable after it got flipped back...
• Re: Subaru list for gloating?
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:34:49 +0000
  ...out of the > unconverted. > > Maggie > '85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney" > which goes only HALF a bazillion MPH and gets only a QUARTER kazillion MPG
• Re: Wasserboxer (was: I drove it! (engine swap info)5Cyl.)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Bateman
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 20:58:40 EST
  ...I always wind the tach up to 4,000 rpm before I upshift - even in 3rd gear (that equates to about 50 mph). If...
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 14:56:59 -0800
  ...Oops, I'm speeding in a >> 30 mph zone. >> School zones are 20 mph, so I go 20mph clock speed (18mph actual) >> since there...
• Re: Science of Washboarding
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:48:26 -0700
  On 9/27/2009 11:47 AM Thomas Buese wrote: > 26 miles of washboard trying the slow 5-12 mph & sometimes the 30-35...
• Re: tire size vs. rpm. the real answer
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 14:05:12 -0400
  ...Take 3600 seconds and divide it >by 51.5, there's your speed, 69.9 MPH....... (You'll never see 30 seconds to >travel...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:01:56 -0800
  ...With > a > little practice I found that I could reduce speed in 4th gear down > to 62 > -65 mph and drop the oil temp...
• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:02:52 -0800
  ...With > a > little practice I found that I could reduce speed in 4th gear down > to 62 > -65 mph and drop the oil temp...
• YIKE! Lost 3 qts oil in 30 sec, messy eng. compartment...
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 10:54:09 -0700
  ...Engine will push bus to over 65 mph, and can cruise at 65 mph on level ground comfortably. I always cruise no faster than...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Rich Jones
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:50:27 -0500
  ...Most of these miles were on US interstates or the Trans Canada highway and average speed would have been 65 mph. Rich. ----- Original Message...
• Re: Friday Story
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Fri, 25 May 2007 19:45:40 -0700
  ...Not at 75 MPH but constantly pedal to the metal. Since I had bad seating rings I lost quite some oil but never threw...
• My "Test" Drive Results
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:28:02 +0000
  ...Today I went over and back in 3rd gear easily holding 50 mph. I was gone so long on my drive my daughter called...
• Trip report (shortish)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 02:27:49 -0400
  ...MPG best tank 68-70 MPH on the 65 MPH sections : ) 63-65 MPH on the 55 MPH sections : ( SLOWER on hills! : ( 13 videotapes...
• Re: W/B engine speed max.
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 27 Jun 1996 20:38:31 -0500
  ...I drove it down the Alcan highway, at speeds of 60 to 70 mph, 3800 to 4000 rpm, every day. It was an 11...
• NEW mystery - Subaru Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 27 Aug 2022 21:57:46 -0500
  Cruising at 65 mph, the engine shuts off as if someone turned off the ignition. Foot held on the gas pedal and vehicle slows...
• Febi Val Lifters!
  Historical mailing list - Wrenold Williams
  Sun, 5 Jun 2016 15:46:21 -0400
  ...My 1984 1.9 Westfalia starts & runs fine with no valve noise but after driving for about an hour at 60 - 70 mph or...
• Re: Passed by a Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Mon, 2 Jun 2014 17:09:04 -0400
  ...large yellow Penske truck (FL to MI), governor set at 70 mph. I > was passed by a nice looking brown Westy. One of us...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:26:42 -0700
  And Scott! On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:48 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > ..... Guys > like Jim Akiba, Karl, Frank G...
• Bike Rack
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jul 1995 21:48:18 -0500
  ...65 mph. Above that they tend to bang on the roof... Moe
• honda diesel vanagon quits
  Historical mailing list - Javier Saenz
  Fri, 15 Dec 2000 19:12:24 -0800
  ...When running at 75+mph, there is a strange vibration and then squeling noise and then it all stops with a loud bang. With...
• Re: Vgon Crash Tests
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 00:06:27 -0500
  A customer of my shop was in a 50/50 head-on crash with a big ol' Chevy box truck at 55 mph years...
• Re: engine rpm
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 05:31:32 EST
  When my '84 van is turning 4000 rpm in 4th, I'm going a checked GPS checked speed of 75 mph. Looking at your...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:32:10 -0600
  I don't know where to start with this --- but I saw the pic with my = own eyes --- gotta wonder about the engine --- or...
• Re: aerodynamics
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 28 Apr 1996 09:32:24 -0400
  ...He was >annoyed (extremely pissed off actually) that he couldn't get over 200 >(kmh or mph). Turbo charged or not, 120mph (200kph) would...
• Re: Hi Speed Vanagoning
  Historical mailing list - Rob McGee
  Sun, 08 Jun 1997 08:30:10 -0600
  ...i've dropped 10 mph and some of them don't >even notice at all. so what were they in such a hurry to...
• (F) Re: DARE RE: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! (It's already Friday here!!)
  Historical mailing list - SStones
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:34:56 -0400
  ...Yarn strips and photos from a car driving alongside at 35 mph and >60 mph. !!!! >---- end snipped - >I will Double Dare anyone to try...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 12:31:00 -0800
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! > In the US recently, one high end Japanese manufacturer is running > a TV > ad in which they show some of the...
• Re: Why am I hear? (free H.P. for syncros)
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sat, 2 Oct 1999 17:45:19 -0700
  ...One long up hills, I have noticed >> > that I was maintaining about 3-5 MPH faster than normal, (43 MPH). I >> > reinstall the water...
• Re: Silly idea?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:05:25 -0600
  ...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: Need Jumpseat
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Fri, 8 Nov 2002 22:13:26 -0500
  ...30 mph is approximately the speed your dog would be traveling at if you threw him off a five story building, and 35 mph...
• Re: decreased mileage problem solved!
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 14 Jun 1998 10:57:26 -0500
  ...I do use about all the horse power the wasser boxer will provide on launch and cruise at 70-75 mph. My wife gets...
• Re: Engine conversion mileage?
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 01:04:05 -0800
  ...damp & 45 degree temp)with average speeds of 70 to 75 mph., fuel consumption using 92 or 94 octane was as follows: 19 mpg...
• Ping in 1.9 Wasser Boxer
  Historical mailing list - Leslie Shiaman
  Sun, 6 May 2001 19:27:41 -0700
  ...In 2nd gear at 30 mph, a rapid ping-- acceleration or deceleration makes it go away. similarly at 45 mph in 3rd I get...
• Re: Clear title??? exportation
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:24:53 -0500
  ...require the CND federal inspection...the bigest pain is those damn MPH speedometers and odometer :o). I lent my Subie to a friend last...
• Re: Silly idea?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Wed, 12 Feb 2014 04:28:55 -0600
  ...A can't vouch for the absolute >> accuracy of the calculations but it was pretty accurate in predicting my >> 0 to >> 60 mph time...
• speedo,oil,temp
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Wed, 6 Sep 1995 10:51:51 -0400 (EDT)
  I have a 71 westy whose speedo runs five mph fast. Does anyone know why this is occurring and howto fix it, I have...
• speedo,oil,temp
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:32:45 -0400 (EDT)
  I have a 71 westy whose speedo runs five mph fast. Does anyone know why this is occurring and howto fix it, I have...
• INDICATED SPEED vs RPM
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 13:05:58 -0400
  ...speed based upon final gearing & tire diameter (LTD? - "loaded" tire diameter). MPH/1000rpm = 2.975 x D/G D = tire diameter (inches) G = final...
• A Canadian Gerry!! Don't read till Friday
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 19:23:57 +0000
  Bravo!!! No more MPH or MPG on the list??? Only KPH and Litres/100 Kms etc to be accepted on the list???? Colour, Behaviour...
• 12.5 mpg?!
  Historical mailing list - David Hicks
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 12:10:07 EST
  Okay, driving 65-70 mph in a 91 Multi, not using the cruise control and with the airconditioner off. I was surprised to note...
• Re: Sluggish
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:49:39 -0400
  ...the top up and it was an absolute slug above 45 mph! When I got out and looked, my eyes bugged out like a...
• speedo noise
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 02:41:01 EDT
  ...Not really noticable until about 30 MPH and never really all that loud. The needle flutters ever so slightly in sync. with the noise...
• jumps out of 4th gear...
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:59:58 -0600
  Culprit- 1985 Westfalia running a Bostig conversion (love it!).Timing- When running at 70+mph with a foot on the pedal.Frequency- Once every...
• Re: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:18:12 -0800
  As far as I've been able to determine the VW auto in the Canagons does not have torque converter lockup. I'm driving...
• Re: Mich MXT 205s Report
  Historical mailing list - John Koloski
  Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:39:49 -0500
  ...Not once but TWICE those damn Michelins exploded in Florida after only 12 non-stop 70 mph hours of use. I would also lose...
• You won't believe this one!!
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 22:43:45 -0500
  ...The GL runs fine----ran it down the interstate to the testing station at 70 mph. for 12 miles. This yo-yo must have...
• Re: Driving a Vanagon or any RV fast.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 06:25:21 -0700
  ...VW designed and built 'Vanagons' for the whole world and the US market with 55 mph was only a small part of it. They...
• Re: 87 West is unstable in wind
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:41:13 -0600
  ...It should be noted that I had no stability problems with headwinds or with sustained cruising at 75+ mph in those areas where crosswinds...
• Re: What is the average 0 to 60MPH Syncro times?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 10 Oct 1999 15:07:42 +0200
  ...That version needed 24,7 secs to get to 60 mph from stand still. One year later, the same mag tested the Syncro again...
• Re: cams and lifters and more power wasRe: lifters for new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:52:57 EST
  ...On all but the steepest hills, I can maintain 55 mph in fifth gear, engine is turning @2800~2900 RPMs, going with traffic. I...
• Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:27:52 -0600
  ...Most WBs will run 75 mph and even the Air Cooled Vanagons and heavy Westies will run 70 mph plus all day long if...
• speed
  Historical mailing list - SpaceKommander
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 20:26:26 -0500
  ...Have owned many souped-up vehicles in the past and went way beyond that but I remember driving a bug at about 85 MPH...
• Devil's advocate, was: Near Death Experience in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dan Snow
  Fri, 19 Oct 2001 08:03:39 -0700
  ...The camper that rolled into a tree at 65 mph had to accelerate from 65 mph to 0 mph in about a foot, which...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:53:09 -0700
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! Howdy All, As of last Wednesday, I successfully completed my first 1,000 miles in Project Vanagon (Vincent) since I installed...