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• Re: Expensive Noises....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:59:43 -0500
  ...Anyway, it's a knocking sound that happens around 40 mph > whether I am in 3rd or 4th gear. It does not make the...
• Re: MPG measurement issues
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 11:14:06 -0500
  okay with all the talk of speedos reading different mph than actual mph being traveled i have a question. how does one get the...
• Re: HELP-- 45 MPH @ WOT ???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:02:50 -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: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 14:05:59 -0700
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! > > >> I was being tongue-in-cheek with my comment about a rear wing. >> >> Sorry to say, I haven't heard of...
• GoWesty Parallel flow A/C Condenser
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 31 Jan 2021 23:29:46 +0000
  ...a substitute with so-so success  (fine at 65 MPH, disappointing at 0 MPH).  But Van Cafe now has them!  In fact, my fan...
• Re: Robert's .70 5th gear transaxle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Nov 1998 18:33:07 PST
  ...AND fouth gear can go up to about 90 mph at 5600 RPMS rpms and the engine I am building can take 6000 RPMs...
• Re: reasonable mpg?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Aug 1994 19:58:33 -0600 (CDT)
  ...huff@dg-rtp.dg.com (Jerry Huff) ] ]> will self said: ]> >...I drove about 65 mph and got 22 mpg. Coming back, I drove between...
• 1.9L TD complete
  Historical mailing list - Bob Bellanca
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 23:44:34 -0700
  ...At 3100 rpm I am doing 65 mph, at about 3600 rpm about 75 mph. I no longer have to anticipate every single time...
• Re: Speed Ratings Explained?
  Historical mailing list - David..M
  Sun, 18 Apr 1999 11:05:46 -0400
  ...rated at 186 mph, > does that mean it disentegrates when it attains that speed? Or you can do > 186 mph without worries (of tickets...
• Re: odometer and trip-odometer stopped
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 12:18:01 -0500
  ...Stan Wilder 83 Westfalia Air Cooled (I use a 87 Vanagon spedo with the Kilo and MPH, top speed 100MPH Ha! Ha!, not me...
• Re: Vanagon Subaru engine rough at speed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Feb 2023 22:21:23 -0600
  ...jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > What rpm should show on the tach at 70 mph? Mine shows 4000. > > > That depends on Transmission Gearing & Tire Size ~ > >
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:46:03 -0400
  At 09:37 PM 4/13/2010, Kevin Gilbert wrote: >My Garmin indicates a highway speed about several mph different than >the speedometer. Do...
• Strange sounds from my engine
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 6 Dec 94 22:19:19 EST
  ...an 8-mile, 10% slope tp get his diesel over 65 mph -- can you think of some other practical diagnostics? :-) Cetin Seren SyPro, Inc...
• Re: 5 speed eurospec tranny's
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 23 May 1998 09:16:32 -0700
  ...steve Joseph Tu wrote: > Hey, I heard that in Germany the Vanagons have 5 speeds and pull 100 > mphs > on the autobahn, which is...
• Re: Head leaks & a GM mechanics suggestion.
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:28:33 -0400
  ...Jose Rafael Moscoso, RT, BSc, MPH {jmoscoso@caribe.net} work: Universidad Central del Caribe {jmoscoso@uccaribe.edu} Call Box 60-327; Bayam�n PR...
• Re: Westy Vent cap??? where to get.
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 22:12:49 -0400
  ...Jose Rafael Moscoso, RT, BSc, MPH {jmoscoso@caribe.net} work: Universidad Central del Caribe {jmoscoso@uccaribe.edu} Call Box 60-327; Bayam�n PR...
• Re: Survey-- Your Favorite Vanagon Accessories That You Have Added
  Historical mailing list - Jos� Rafael Moscoso
  Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:25:44 -0400
  ...Jose Rafael Moscoso, RT, BSc, MPH {jmoscoso@caribe.net} work: Universidad Central del Caribe {jmoscoso@uccaribe.edu} Call Box 60-327; Bayam�n PR...
• Re: Vent not blowing air
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 01:09:06 -0600
  ...Whenever I drive at > highway speeds (between 50 and 62 MPH), I notice that the fresh air vents > don't blow air when they...
• Re: Speedomoter wierdness
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 3 Jan 2004 17:56:46 -0800
  ...From a dead > stop the needle doesn't move until the vehicle's > going about 35 mph at which > time the needle jumps up...
• Re: Towing a syncro vanagon
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Mon, 17 May 2004 23:21:40 EDT
  ...At some point, the VC will start to smell like an XKE automatic transmission which just saw 150 MPH. If stranded would you have...
• Re: A little more to the story of how we got our Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 22:48:59 -0400
  ...kt=- > just a comment from the KISS people Is the speedometer in kmph or mph? Cory Sammons 84 Westy 99 New Beetle Gardiner, NY
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:38:54 -0600
  On 10/18/04 5:36 PM, "Angus Gordon" <agordon@BRIGHT.NET> wrote: > More history of vehicle aerodynamics (with VW emphasis) here - > > http://www...
• Re: New owner with question
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Sun, 15 Jan 2006 20:25:00 -0700
  Pascal Giasson wrote: >I run my 1.9 at 55 mph (no power steering or air). 141K miles on original >motor and no major...
• Re: Big snow tires on automatic westie
  Historical mailing list - Johnson, Darrell
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 07:55:51 -0800
  ...40 mph is now 45.6 (comfortably in second gear) 70 mph is now 79.8 (still in the solid green with auto tranny...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:01:41 -0800
  ...There's a steep climb hear me ..normally done at 45 to 50 mph in normal cars.. and a good vanagon will pull it...
• Trip Report-Short
  Historical mailing list - All of Us
  Mon, 23 Aug 2004 21:39:14 -0500
  ...Generally cruised at 70 MPH even though the legal limit in MT and ND is 75 MPH. Made it up the Pipestone pass and...
• Re: Fuel consumption in different gears - how does the energy / fuel work?
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:28:33 -0700
  ...In 4th it is about 40 to 50 load with no boost (yet) So at say 50 mph in 3rd gear the load says...
• Re: Subie Conversion Mystery ll
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:52:45 -0600
  ...Now trying again. > > At 65 to 70 MPH my 2005 2.5 engine starts stumbling. Slow down, and it > settles back down so I...
• '91 Camper Comments
  Historical mailing list - John Pinkham
  Sun, 2 Oct 94 11:22:46 EDT
  ...slowed it down to 40 mph. Petal to the metal, lots of buzzy downshifting by the automatic transmission. On gradual slopes it usually could...
• Do you really NEED a new AFM was What a new Air flow meter might do for you...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 04:35:04 PST
  ...I can take fifth gear down to 35 mph at 1700 rpms and accelerate smoothly back to 70 mph.) Bottom line is DO the...
• Re: 82 vanagon brakes.. how bad...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Hembel
  Fri, 31 Aug 2001 17:00:40 -0500
  Well I'd say that stock brakes should be adequate since my diesel Westy maxes out at 65 MPH and I cruise no faster...
• sound-deadening ??
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:09:08 EST
  ...The main problem is that it gets really noisy when driving above 50-55 mph. I seem to be able to keep up with...
• Re: Anyone running a Oettinger powered Van( or completed van) ?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 2 Feb 2004 19:07:26 -0500
  ...Most WBs will run 75 mph and even the Air Cooled Vanagons and heavy Westies >will run 70 mph plus all day long if...
• Re: FW: 90 Carat Auto TDI Conversion: MPG ect.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:20:32 -0700
  ...With the five -speed trans I get 21 mpg city /hwy mix up to 65 mph and stop and go traffic. Out on a...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:22:22 -0700
  ...101 MPH Vanagon! Now that you mention it, what are the aerodynamic "fixes" for Vanagon campers? I suppose this is in the archives somewhere...
• Re: That recent post bashing Tiico..one on Yahoo subaru too.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 1 Nov 2007 23:26:25 -0700
  ...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: '83 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:38:04 -0500
  ...The little Type IV 2000cc air-cooled will push a heavy Vanagon type Westy at 70 mph easily on the flats with moderate winds...
• Re: Tire Question (not the dreaded tire thread at all)
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:55:45 -0400
  ...Now it reads 4 mph over at 80. I think this whole speedo thing is a list conspiracy, like the moon landing and stuff...
• Re: Vanagon speedo marked '1000'?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:51:19 -0700
  ...Or maybe all they changed were the labels KPM to MPH, or whatever was printed on the face to distinguish the type > to fool...
• Rear Bumper Concerns
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:44:58 EST
  ...I doubt this thing could withstand a 1 MPH bump and not fold in half. I'm not to concerned about the bumper itself...
• Re: Main Engine Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sun, 5 May 2002 07:06:15 -0400
  ...Bob Mark wrote I was driving down Interstate 5 heading due south, going about 80 mph, saw a gas station, decided to exit when...
• automatic gas mileage.
  Historical mailing list - G.M.Bulley
  Sat, 22 Feb 2003 10:51:56 -0500
  Pushing a 4,500 lb box with the drag coefficient of a brick wall up to 60 mph takes a lot of fuel, no...
• Re: Power mirrors on an '85?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 5 Sep 2012 13:29:29 -0400
  ...pull it out to keep them from flopping back at 65 mph. Anyone put on mirrors from a later van? It might be worth...
• Re: physics this time ...
  Historical mailing list - John Ritchie
  Mon, 26 Sep 1994 10:50:42 -0800 (PDT)
  ...281 miles/second). > That may be true; what's more, 67 MPH is just over 3/4ths impulse for Bobo (depending on tailwind!) Unfortunately...
• repost: wanted to buy: westy
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Wed, 20 Sep 95 03:02:02 CDT
  ========================================================================= Date: Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com> From: mphebert@ix.netcom.com (Marten Hebert ) Subject: Wanted: Westfalia Camper Van 1988-1994 Please give...
• Re: [vanagon] Newbie Vanagon Purchase
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 10:04:35 -0700
  ...often tends to run at about 80 mph in northern California... a bit too fast for a stock Vanagon I would say! Bill
• Re: ACCURATE SUBJECT LINES ARE DESIRABLE FOR POSTINGS TO THIS LIST BUT I THIN...
  Historical mailing list - il cikaspers
  Tue, 27 Nov 2001 22:05:19 -0800
  ...is > nothing we can be expected to do. >> > >You mean they have monitors bigger than 14"? > >BenT >kasper, shut-up = ) mphphmmmphhrh... *pbbbbbbbttt* ;^p b
• Re: TIRE SWITCH
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 11 Jul 2002 08:11:53 -0700
  ...you with a spreadsheet that will demonstrate the effects of the tire change on your vanagon with respect to rpm vs mph. cheers, pensioner
• Re: What kind of AC is this?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 11:58:33 EDT
  ...ramjet installed to help accelerate that big box up to 60 mph. -[;<)> >> it'd be spinning funny with an engine only on one side...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon! (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Schneider
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:33:24 -0700
  ** Wed, 13 Oct 2004 21:53:09 -0700 Antaki <wrack@COMCAST.NET> writes: ** >> OK, so we;ve gone over the "why" factor and the...
• Re: Diesel powered vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:22:48 -0700
  --- David Bohannan <fjazzbass@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > Where on earth can you drive 55-58 MPH without getting run over? This summer I made it...
• Re: Moving in my Vanagon, part 2 LVC
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 02:32:43 EDT
  ...crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM writes: > tow your Syncro wheels up at 65 mph. > > Works great, and its not too expensive. > > whoops.. my bad.. i thought...
• Aircooled Cylinder Head Temps - first observations
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:28:26 -0800
  ...375 when climbing hills or driving at 70 mph down the HOV lane. Is that normal? My Bug mechanic says high should be 375...
• Inline 4 - new transmission
  Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
  Wed, 30 May 2007 12:59:29 -0700
  ...thought it'd be nice to have lower revs at 70 mph...... Anyone running and inline 4 with the regeared transmission? Any comments welcome...
• MPG and AC - Mythbusters
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:27:33 -0600
  ...Apparently episode 38, Season 3, concluded that above 50 mph you get better mpg with AC on and windows up (drag factor), but below...
• Belly Pans for speed or MPG
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 16 May 2008 09:02:24 -0400
  ...With 82hp every bit helps while going 75 mph. Here are pics of the underside to help visualize: http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7...
• Re: Help needed for 88 Cabriolet emissions failure
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Tue, 19 Aug 2003 00:42:12 -0400
  ...We were shocked that > it failed. > > The numbers were as follows: > HC ppm - 15 mph - (limit 152) - actual 56 > CO% - 15 mph - (limit .86...
• Re: Random Thoughts on Vanagon Maintenance
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 2 May 2014 23:23:38 -0500
  ...And then we had the "American-anation" and EPA beginning in the early seventies......75 MPH Interstate speeds, pull a trailer or boat running...
• Re: Subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Road Camper
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:20:33 -0800
  115 mph? finding that hard to believe, especially with a Golf four. Maybe Mr. Steel in Tacoma can show us if its possible to...
• Re: Another trip to SWFL
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:03:39 -0700
  ...and as low as 22 psi at 60 mph. At some point in a 2.1 wbxr ... ........ well, there's a great Samba post...