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• Re: Anyone know how to calibrate the speedo?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:13:29 -0700
  ...A shop that's capable would charge $300 - > $500 to do this for you. > Mine now indicates 62 MPH when I'm travelling @ 65...
• Re: what kind of gas milage do you see at 75 MPH
  Historical mailing list - John S. Klun
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 07:24:57 -0700
  ...I get my best mileage at around 70 mph on the hilly road between Delta and Grand Junction, CO. This is my daily driver...
• Re: Sick sick sick of diesel Vanagon cooling problems
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:25:28 +0000
  ...5 speed allows 65 mph cruise with 70 mph top. I have about 22k on it now. Jim
• Re: Newest Vanagon Performance Mod...
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Thu, 1 Apr 1999 20:01:11 -0500
  ...landing with an optimum cruising speed of 185 mph and a top speed of 245 mph. The standard Audi conversion kit, lots of money...
• Re: Bummer, man--Gross Polluter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 May 2007 23:17:40 -0400
  ...15 mph HC 148 CO .79 NO 2156 25 mph HC 96 CO .66 NO 1828 The tester was trying to tell me it...
• Recommended Tire Inflation?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:01:04 -0800
  ...with a light load, traveling, initially, for many miles at highway speeds (but not over 60 mph!) on pavement in good weather. Thanks! Phaedra
• Recommended Tire Inflation?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:14:50 -0800
  ...with a light load, traveling, initially, for many miles at highway speeds (but not over 60 mph!) on pavement in good weather. Thanks! Phaedra
• Vent not blowing air
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sullivan
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 21:24:52 -0800
  ...Whenever I drive at highway speeds (between 50 and 62 MPH), I notice that the fresh air vents don't blow air when they...
• Problems with Speedometer and Fuel Gauge
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:19:11 -0400
  I just realized that my speedometer seems to be way off, when I am coasting it says I am doing like 25-30 mph...
• Re: Made it to Boise [little vanagon content]
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:28:01 -0400
  ...climb toward The Divide, reduced our maximum speed > to about 55 mph. Slower on the steep climb out of Cheyenne up to > Sherman's...
• Labrador Highway
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:58:39 -0500
  ...I spoke to a guy there that has driven the route (mostly gravel) in a 2WWD van before at roughly 90 kmph / 50 mph...
• Re: cruising speed
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 09:30:45 -0500
  > Jenny is cruising best between 60 and 65 mph with 18-20mpg. She gets up to > 75 but her moaning becomes unbearable! > Under adverse...
• Re: 15" wheels effect on speedometer?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:21:25 -0700
  ...i assume the speedo was calibrated for the 185/80-14 size? if so, then it means when i see 65 mph on my...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Mon, 6 May 2013 19:36:12 -0700
  ...And what do I notice? > Speedometer says 60 mph and GPS says 45 mph! At 70 (speedometer) the GPS > says 62! > I am running...
• 82 v 85 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Doniach
  Thu, 06 Mar 1997 08:43:32 +0000
  ...We drove from San Francisco to Seattle along the coast; even with cool ambient air temps at 55-60 mph the oil temp got...
• Re: How fast should a 1.9L go??
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Jan 2001 23:53:27 +1200
  ...Of course in a van the fuel consumption can rise alarmingly at 70+mph... Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand VW & mollusc nut 1984 VW...
• Re: Still doesn't add up, was: Re: [Syncro] Oil pressure mystery--Now: you're normal!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:51:00 -0700
  ...The Vanagon will run up to 65 mph in third, and downshifting when you drop to 55 mph uphill is much better than lugging...
• Re: 90 Carat Auto TDI Conversion: MPG ect.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 16:40:35 -0400
  ...Despite that, our speed limits are usually 75 mph which means everyone except bus volks go about 80-90 mph. Tom-Joe see pic...
• Re: CA Smog Failed - 1985 1.9L
  Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 14:49:11 -0400
  Good news - I passed Test Number 4! NOx at 15 & 25 MPH went from 1497 to 1074 and from 1090 to 326. The CO...
• Re: MPH and MPG
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 31 May 1997 21:21:35 -0400 (EDT)
  Back in the late 70's I drove in a Peugeot 404 Utility Pick-up from N'Djamena, Chad to Maidugiri, Nigeria to collect...
• back in Fredericksburg
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Mon, 25 Aug 1997 14:06:09 EDT
  ...My speed even approached *gasp!* 70 mph sometimes! :-) Anyway, I got my e-mail working here at school today, so it's good to...
• Re: What is rpm @ 70 mph?
  Historical mailing list - STEVEN G WACKER
  Thu, 16 Oct 1997 13:44:45 -0700
  Eric, Tony, Et al: I normally get 18-20 mpg with my Carat and 15-17 with the Syncro. I have gotten as high...
• Re: Top speed of a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:45:24 -0800
  ...For the americans, that is roughly 100 mph? Curious to >see what others have travelled, Riley Kettner North Vancouver BC '87 Westy BTDT in...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 13:59:29 -0700
  the jetta speedo goes to 11. Oh i mean 120. the vanagon is only 100 (or something, but less that 120 for sure!) So...
• Re: backwards side slider window?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 27 Jan 2003 22:38:41 EST
  ...those 70 mph > grasshoppers really sting. > > Stan Wilder > > stan, i believe you are the only one who has ever done this mod, and the...
• Re: just how COLD is it where u are.. - 3 here...w/ -35 WCF
  Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
  Fri, 16 Jan 2004 04:57:50 -0800
  ...Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Stay warm, ===== TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition Winter Park, Florida http://home.earthlink.net...
• 130 mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Brian T.
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:11:34 -0800
  I was with Eric on drive to Seattle in his WRX van warlier this year. We easily popped past 110 in a short run...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!(LVC)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 22:15:01 -0500
  ...101 MPH Vanagon!(LVC) Why not add snaps and cover it with a good piece of canvas? Mark Tuovinen wrote: Didn't someone on...
• Re: 82 Diesel seized up Help!
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 16 Dec 1999 14:00:51 -0500
  ...At 55 mph, you could drive this van for 250k. At 65 mph, 40k, maybe. At 70 mph 250 miles. OR Replace the diesel...
• Re: Syncro trip
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sun, 24 May 1998 21:01:14 -0400
  ...My Vanagon, at 70 mph, for over heat, due to a leak fuel condition. Now it stays just below the L.E.D., at...
• Re: For Burning Man/VW Bus Vets
  Historical mailing list - Otmar Ebenhoech
  Fri, 20 Aug 1999 02:55:33 -0700
  ...If the awning is rolled up it should survive, otherwise you're looking at 70 mph winds. Think it would hold up open on...
• Re: Speedometer difference
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 19 Sep 2017 00:04:55 +0000
  ...When it registers 50 km/hr, I'm going 25 mph; 50 mph shows up as 100 km/hr. So the "puzzle" is: since...
• Low Power And Fuel Injectors
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:58:39 +0000
  ...Then it got so bad I could barely maintain 20 mph. I was close to home, so just kept going. A few days later...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:12:33 -0700
  ...I kept speeds at ~ 55 mph. When ambient temps cooler, ran it at ~ 60 MPH. It ran just fine, with no starting issues for...
• Re: Cooling issues?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 09:27:47 -0700
  ...I was noticing that with the > accelerator in the same position running 60 mph it was about 112f and 65 mph > 119f? Could the...
• Fwd: Re: Removing chrome window trim
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 23 Apr 2009 19:53:01 -0400
  At speeds of over 120 mph do not roll down your windows as your other windows will pop out without the trim in them...
• Westy sighting!
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:15:32 -0600
  ...of firewood, beer and gear driving north on I29 at 65 mph in Western Iowa I noticed a familiar shape in the rear view...
• Re: Automatic transmission, WTF?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:03:59 -0700
  ...Pull it back to second gear, you'll be running about 45-49 MPH, sit back and enjoy the view. With the stock WBX...
• Do you know your horsepower?
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  10 Aug 96 23:22:32 EDT
  ...Peak HP = vehicle weight x (mph)squared ----------------------------- 10,000 x ET This is exactly as it reads in the book. I would imagine the...
• Re: Syncro transmission oil capacity
  Historical mailing list - deandrew
  Sat, 16 May 1998 21:25:56 PDT
  ...This page also shows other cool stuff like; Speed in fourth gear per 1000 rpm = 18 MPH Page 39.42 of the Bentley Manual...
• Bright Tail Lights irresponsible?
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 12 Apr 2001 21:19:44 -0500
  ...geek, coming up on you on a dark road at 80 mph, and probably all mimmed up, on Sunoco 260. Bee seen not wacked...
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:28:23 -0500
  An indicated (estimated) 103 mph, rev limiter in 4th, '87 Wolfsburg, 2.1L waterboxer, 205/70R14 tires, stock tranny. BTW that's over the...
• Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:15:57 -0500
  ...see they were all designed to run in 55 to 65 mph speed >limits. No, that's the speed limits your Fords and Chevy...
• smog check, passed, but high NO
  Historical mailing list - Joel VanderKwaak
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 15:09:35 -0700
  ...05, NO = 351/466 - the */* indicates readings at 15 and 25 mph). Any thoughts on what may cause the higher NO? Time for a...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 20:00:58 -0500
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! > > Howdy All, > > As of last Wednesday, I successfully completed my first 1,000 miles in > Project Vanagon (Vincent) since I installed...
• Re: Double cab for sale/engine longevity
  Historical mailing list - Lastfogel, Darren
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:03:54 -0400
  ...For myself I am with you I never push it over 70 MPH I try to drive and listen to the engine to the...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Steve C.
  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 23:00:30 -0800
  ...I was constantly fighting to keep the van under 80-85 mph, as I was not used to the pedal pressure that accomplishes what...
• Re: Transmission advice needed 3-4 syncro hype? (Also higher gear)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 31 May 2005 17:10:41 -0500
  ...The motor reuns at 3400 rpm at a true 70 mph on level ground or a slight incline. the part I didn't think...
• Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 18:32:54 -0600
  ...I was driving my 1976 Porsche and cranking it along at a safe 70 - 75 MPH depending on which county I was passing through...
• 21.7 MPG on my 1.9 with 198,000 on the odometer
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Fri, 6 Apr 2012 16:44:26 -0700
  ...longer grades in 4th gear at 50 mph.� Average speed on the freeway around 64 mph, checked with GPS, I don't push it...
• Speedo Accuracy Discussion
  Historical mailing list - robot .
  Wed, 10 May 2000 12:03:28 PDT
  ...With the Toyota, 75 to 80 mph (indicated) keeps me in the fast lane, top 5% of traffic. 75 to 80 mph (indicated) in...
• Re: Syncro Speedometer drive available
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 29 Dec 2010 14:34:35 -0800
  ...It is for a US >>> Syncro with MPH speedo head. It is $199 plus shipping. Let me know if >>> you are in need. This...
• Re: Driving a Vanagon or any RV fast.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 07:15:39 -0700
  ...At 65 mph. The speed reads 80 and I feel like thats about > the limit. I do not have a tach so I am...
• Re: HELP-- 45 MPH @ WOT ???
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 18:54:33 -0700
  ...HELP-- 45 MPH @ WOT ??? O2 sensor? Try pulling the lead and see what happens. Don't blame me if it blows up. Mike On...
• Re: Towing Across The USA!
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Thu, 30 Nov 2000 11:17:59 -0700
  ...We averaged about 20 mpg; up some hills we had to downshift and were barely able to make it at 35 mph; down some...
• Re: 120 MPh, 99 Eurovan, Winnebago
  Historical mailing list - Jim DiGennaro
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 20:10:56 -0400
  ...It may not be the 'freeway flyer' we think it might be but it could drop the RPM's down so that 100 MPH...
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 21:19:54 EDT
  ...The engine just purrs between 85 and 95 mph. >> Brian, One-third of the throttle left doesn't necessarily mean you have that much...
• Re: 4-speed to 5-speed?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:27:49 EDT
  ...I can take it to 75+ mph in fourth if needed and still have another gear. 83 Fifth gear rpm drops about 400 rpms...
• Over heated and need more power!
  Historical mailing list - Gary Liess
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 23:17:03 -0700
  ...When driving in the mountains the temperature gauge was 2/3 when running at 55 MPH, its warmer than I would like but I...
• Re: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Jack R
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:15:47 -0500
  ...RPM?MPH Dennis: about the tires,I'm running an un-loaded vanagon,without the center seats,have been keeping 38-40 PSI all...