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• Re: Driving a Vanagon or any RV fast. Wheel sizes.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Jun 2013 10:45:23 -0400
  ...At 65 mph. The speed reads 80 and I feel like thats about the limit. I do not have a tach so I am...
• FREE Westy A/C Upgrade & Historical A/C data
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:34:15 -0400
  ...One hour later speed 50 to 60 mph fan setting on #4 temp outside of 90 degrees duct temperature inside of 44 degrees. Test...
• Running The Van Low On Fuel
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 16:53:45 +0000
  ...By the time I'm past Charlottesville the van is barely able to make it to 55 mph. I still have another 90 miles...
• Re: Agilis on Alloy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 27 Sep 2004 19:49:05 -0700
  ...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: Diesel powered vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Myers
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 14:48:03 -0400
  I agree with Brendan � I find being the slowest Vehicle [ 63 mph on cruise control ] to actually be the best part of Vanagon driving...
• Alternator Light Problem Resolved.
  Historical mailing list - DaBomb
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:36:31 -0700
  ...Most noticeably, it would start to glow at 60 mph and be fully lit at 70 mph. I had just had the engine rebuilt...
• Caught doing 55 in a 25! What to do!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:32:46 -0500
  ...I clocked you doing 55 Mph in a 25 zone. Him: Really? Cop: You really weren't going 55, were you? Him: Sir, honestly...
• Re: 87 syncro westfakia conversion PROPANE questions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:28:50 -0700
  ...Excellent draft on the chimney >> at 50 MPH! :) >> > > You actually got that bus to 50 mph? > > grin, > > Tom-what a picture that brings to...
• looking for Eurovan mechanic San Fernando Valley or Santa Monica area
  Historical mailing list - jbclem
  Wed, 9 May 2018 18:11:07 -0700
  My neighbor with a 1993 Eurovan is having trouble passing smog, running rich over 24 mph. The shop she has it at has sold...
• Re: Flywheel Lightening
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 10 Mar 1999 04:20:41 PST
  ...I can accelerate to 75 mph in a 1.03 fourth gear (I have a five speed .70 is fifth)@5000 RPMs easy. The...
• Re: RPM vs MPH
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:53:52 -0500
  Sam wrote: I really don't want to drive 3000 miles at at 3800+ rpm. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Who is forcing you to go any speed? 3800...
• Re: FS: speedometer $35
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:24:01 -0700
  ...Mon, 9 Jul 2001, NA NA wrote: > for sale vanagon speedometer, MPH, from 80-83 > aircooled van. no tripmeter. $35 works great obo > > __________________________________________________ > Do...
• Re: red mark on metric odometer
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 1 May 2001 14:18:44 -0700
  ...That's the speed you'll get your maximum mileage--31-34 MPH. But who would care! -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westfalia w...
• starting problems
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Thu, 26 Jul 2001 16:51:09 -0400
  ...for about 3 hours in fairly hot weather at about 65 mph on the interstate. After turning off the engine, I tried to restart...
• RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 28 May 2002 20:50:31 -0500
  ...Mine is working great, allows me to get that extra 5-7 mph on the highway without boiling my oil and has dropped the...
• Re: Vans of the Folk Fest
  Historical mailing list - Peter T. Owsianowski
  Sun, 26 Aug 2007 14:07:00 -0400
  ...Busesbythebeach.com > > The last 10 seconds is actual footage of a Shady Boy awning in 30 mph > winds > about 1 minute from self destructing...
• Re: 25 MPG Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:52:37 -0700
  I try to drive at around 3K, which comes in at between 50 and 55 mph. On the open road I can get over...
• Re: WTB: Syncro Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:54:34 -0800
  ...difference between a syncro and regular speedo? > > -Wes > > > VW Doka wrote: >> Anyone got a MPH syncro speedo for sale? Working or not. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jeff >> >> >
• Re: Speedo needle sits still sometimes
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( Scott Daniel Foss )
  Tue, 14 Jan 2014 01:59:00 -0800
  we always assume the speedo reads about 5 mph high, right ? it's built in, on purpose. I do encourage people to really LOOK...
• Vanagon Towing Solution
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 1995 17:22:55 -0400
  ...Tow van at up to 30 MPH for up to 30 miles. Use dollies to lift rear wheels if these limits must be exceeded...
• Re: kill this thread Re: 130 MPH Vanagon <-- simple solution
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 10 Dec 2004 11:34:46 -0500
  ...130 MPH Vanagon <-- simple solution > Back when there was a thing called 'netiquette', it was considered to be > the > worst kind of transgression to...
• Re: Lazy fellow tire size ?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:47:13 -0600
  ...It seems IIRC that the speedometer reading is off by about 2 mph at 60 mph. The odometer would be off similarly. mcneely ---- Don...
• Re: Rolled Vw's
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:46:43 -0600
  ...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: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 09:00:26 -0600
  ...Further, it idled nice and smooth at a stop, and my average speed >was about 72 mph! > >This van has NEVER gone the 140...
• Re: Noisy speedo
  Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
  Mon, 28 Dec 2015 10:11:39 -0800
  At first drive, it will whirl from the start, 0 mph. As I drive a bit more, the whirling will be at higher and...
• Re: Increasing horsepower
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 21:47:41 -0500
  ...Calculating that the average air speed is still in the 120 mph (knots) bending that a little and allowing for 130 mph (knots) it...
• Re: AW: TDI and the Quest for the Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 21:25:09 -0700
  ...the engine now felt considerably quicker, cruising quite happily at 100 mph (on the Autobahns of course!) and yet still returning 35 mpg if...
• '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - phil hans
  Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:23:20 -0800
  ...Or, is it better to go over the pass at 80% of the speed of a particular gear, like, either 30 mph in 2nd...
• Re: High elevation adjustments?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:17:31 -0400
  ...Above about 8,000 feet i experience loss of power such that I am only able to maintain about 30 mph while keeping the...
• Re: Bad gas milleage
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:17:03 -0400
  ...By the way, it has autotrans, I have never seen the van drove over 70 > mph at 3.8k rpm. Just my wife and...
• Re: noise reduction
  Historical mailing list - Reinhard Vehring
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 18:44:03 -0700
  ...Highway 65 mph: 80 dBA (control as before) hit the clutch, still doing 65 mpH: still 80 dBA! Well it's not the engine...
• Re: diesel buses
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Fri, 11 Oct 1996 16:35:46 -0700 (PDT)
  I owned a 66 camper with a 1300 that got 24 or 25 mph on the highway, 18 around town, and an 82 diesel...
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Dooley
  Tue, 17 Mar 1998 23:26:10 -0500
  ...I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix >85 MPH on I-95, you say? We have located and cited the New Jersey Vanagon >driver through the...
• Re: VW/Porsche Sport/Ute
  Historical mailing list - Don Gibbons
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 10:54:46 -0400
  ...hauling stuff then on the week end pop in a 200 hp 4 cam engine and roll it into a ball at 120 mph!
• Re: [vanagon] Towing question
  Historical mailing list - Budd Premack
  Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:43:21 -0500
  ...Cruising was very stable @ 65 mph, although gas mileage declined to about 13 mpg (which I figure is the equivalent of 26 mpg for...
• petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Dan Landry
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 19:17:25 ADT
  On a short road trip this weekend, we averaged 20.0 MPG at moderate speeds nmt 60 MPH. I noted that at the Vanagon...
• oil light flashing
  Historical mailing list - Chris D'Amico
  Thu, 5 Apr 2001 12:46:43 -0700
  ...i just drove about an hour at about 65 mph. everything fine until i pulled off the freeway. once i stopped at a light...
• Re: Westy A/C: Is that all there is? '90 westy FS
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 10:32:24 EDT
  ...you start getting more air over the condensor (at about 50 mph you should really start to feel it kick in). Thanks, Ken Wilford...
• Air-Lift Inflation Pressures
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 08:53:15 -0500
  ...blow--I just don't want it going with a full load doing 70 mph in a cross-wind! Jay '85 Westy--still leaning
• Low power limping vanangon
  Historical mailing list - ALAN GONDRY
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 10:34:09 -0700
  I just replaced FI componenets with the van running great until about 20 minutes down the highway 60 mph the van lost power and...
• fridge blowing out
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Wed, 26 May 2004 11:39:01 -0400
  ...while driving over 50 mph my fridge blows out. why? and what is a straight forward way to fix. the gasket seems good, the...
• Re: Thoughts on the roadhouse.
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 7 May 2004 15:13:39 -0500
  ...Most the driving was done on interstate at around 80 mph. There are times I do not miss my Westy. Chris.
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:24:08 -0500
  At 120mph (just a little slower) you are doing a mile every 30 seconds. That means the 1/10 digit should rotate 1 digit...
• Re: Air cooled mileage
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Mon, 26 May 2008 10:33:24 -0700
  ...Flat-out on I-70, 3rd, 4th gear, up to 75 mph. > All the time with the brick on the pedal. ;-) > > 21.9 mpg...
• Re: diagnosis of high oil temperature--is my engine dying?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:02:52 -0400
  ...dip stick to minimize windage and keep your speed under 65 mph. I notice the oil starts creeping up around 230 degrees above 65...
• Re: Towing Syncro Westy on Rental Trailer
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:05:58 -0400
  ...Max speed though >> was 45 >> mph - stipulated by U-haul, U-hauls contract, and stated in the truck >> and on the trailer. It was...
• Re: Coil boil
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:39:51 -0700
  ...us to go from 50 kmh to 80 kmh (30 mph to 50 mph) - does anyone remember that? BT On Sun, Oct 26, 2014...
• 87 Audi 5000 Quattro for sale.A GREAT CAR!
  Historical mailing list - Modl6971
  Sat, 9 May 1998 15:37:38 EDT
  ...when hard braking from around 120 MPH, the brakes pulsate a little down to around 70 MPH, but otherwise normal driving you wouldn't...
• Re: Conversions and common sense observations
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 13:18:23 -0700
  Well, maybe slightly down hill, but as long as you don't have Firestone tires brief periods of 85-90 mph on a straight...
• Re: Boston Bobs Big Valve Engine Option III, and Engine Option II
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 4 May 2002 21:40:55 -0400
  ...Is there anything he may not be aware of? Bob, my stock automatic runs at 4000 rpms to hit 70 mph. When your big...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Morrison, Peter
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 08:13:07 -0000
  ...I get 38/42 miles per Imperial Gallon on the crappy English roads @ 60 mph Vanorak (old 'n bold and lives by the sea...
• Re: interesting for o2 sens/power loss topic
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 11 Mar 2001 08:57:01 -0600
  ...Further, it idled nice and smooth at a stop, and my average speed >was about 72 mph! > >This van has NEVER gone the 140...
• Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 10 May 2013 10:39:38 -0700
  ...At ~ 50-60 MPH, if I brake hard hands "off" the wheel, the van pulls to the right. Not severely but quite noticeably. Doesn...
• Re: Vanagon motor modifications
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 11 Mar 1999 19:43:18 PST
  ...I can get to 75 mph with a 1.03 fourth gear, in fifth I can cruise at 70 to 75 easy, been to...
• Re: Speedometer and 15/65/205 Tires/Wheels
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:31:59 -0400
  ...yes then on those tires 3,800 rpm gets > you ~68 mph. The speedometer can easily be adjusted by repositioning the > needle on the...
• 86 Westy Oil , trip summary
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 23 Jun 1996 20:57:35 -0400
  ...The gauge ran about 27 psi the whole trip, even after running at about 70 mph for 3 0r 4 hours straight. So another...
• Re: Exodus/Personals/S.U.P.E.R. List
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Fri, 1 Oct 1999 21:55:54 -0400
  ...what is the reason for life??? Do you vanagon? Jose Rafael Moscoso, RT, BSc, MPH {jmoscoso@caribe.net} work: Universidad Central del Caribe {jmoscoso...
• Re: 75 MPH - unusual?
  Historical mailing list - James .
  Wed, 29 Aug 2001 17:42:56 -0700
  So then, with engine longevity in mind, what is a reasonable cruising speed on a 2.1L? Better yet, what's a reasonable engine...
• Re: 85mph, my 1.7L will kick your 2.1L (he he he)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Jun 2003 11:50:46 -0700
  ...75/80 mph without any problem. --------------------------- Clip ---------------------- Two things Ben: #1) Do you strill need that wiring harness? #2) How much you going to...
• Re: Top Speed
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 13:53:43 +1300
  >Keep in mind that with enough horsepower you can make a barn door fly >flatways. ( old aviation-ism, applicable here) > >125 mph in a...