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• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
  Mon, 22 Dec 2003 21:12:56 -0800
  ...I typically take short trips and when I go > freeway driving I drive at 70 to 80 MPH in the flow of California traffic...
• Michelin LTX/MS 215/75R15 tires - R Light Truck or S Family Sedan&Van
  Historical mailing list - Agent99
  Wed, 26 Oct 2005 18:48:22 -0400
  ...psi limit, a 1765 lb maximum load rating and a 106 mph limit. The Michelin LTX/MS 215/75SR15 100S SL tire has a...
• Re: Nova Scotia to Michigan: trip report
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 19 May 2008 09:22:49 -0700
  ...Fuel economy > varied greatly with speed, 19 mpg (at 110 kph (68 mph)), then 22 mpg then 24 > mpg to 30 mpg as I...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Rubatoguy
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 17:52:47 -0700
  ...On a recent highway trip to LA, going between 75-80 mph, I averaged 17.5mpg on my '88 Westy. Todd '88 Westy
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 11:29:15 EDT
  My Vanagon with the modified 2.1L can hit 90 mph barely touching the gas pedal, one day I might try to go faster...
• 55 to 65 mpg in a diesel vanagon? Must be on a towtruck
  Historical mailing list - Gary Goldey
  Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:29:05 EST
  I think someone is getting MPG mixed up with MPH. Let it ride--fish stories are always fun to hear.
• Trip Report - Salzburg to Nurnberg
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 13:30:47 +0200
  ...so we cruised a bit faster, 85-90 mph. I do not ahve the mpg stats for the return leg though, seeing that the...
• Re: WBX rpms..
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Oct 2004 19:21:01 -0500
  ...The old unit had always read 5 mph off. In other words I was actually doing less than the speedometer showed. Nowadays I can...
• Re: tach in an 85
  Historical mailing list - Ellen in Oregon
  Mon, 6 Jun 2011 17:55:25 -0700
  ...Is there a range in MPH one should shift at, say on level road? Ellen, Lola & Coee �Be Content with what you have; rejoice...
• diesel conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 11:20:26 -0600
  ...Given the fact that the vanagon transmissions are geared down such that you're only doing 65 mph at 4,000 rpm (automatic trans...
• Speedometer and odometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:01:37 -0600
  ...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: RPM?MPH
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:07:09 -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...
• Re: Top Speed
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:20:43 -0600
  Keep in mind that with enough horsepower you can make a barn door fly flatways. ( old aviation-ism, applicable here) 125 mph in a...
• Re: Vibration
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Tue, 21 Jul 2020 18:34:22 -0700
  ...After the work I had a vibration that starts at > about 35 mph and stops about 45 mph. I feel the vibration in the...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 00:25:20 -0500
  ...Claims of driving X MPH for such and such a MPG may be erroneous, too. It turns out the speedometers have a total tolerance...
• Re: Westphalia Top Speed
  Historical mailing list - Tobin T. Copley
  Fri, 17 Nov 1995 07:49:29 -0800 (PST)
  Well, I've only pushed our Westy above 60 mph once (steep downgrades excluded), and it was on a flat interstate freeway run across...
• confessions of a speeder
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:05:11 -0500
  ...I try no to go over 75 mph. You did not mention what you were driving? Steve Johnson ' 91 Carat I did not mention...
• Fixed my speedo error
  Historical mailing list - Baja Leo
  Sun, 8 Jun 2003 13:59:36 -0700
  ...It popped off with little effort and I repositioned it by 10 mph, about how far off it seemed to be when I'm...
• Re: 130 mph in a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 6 Dec 2004 17:25:03 -0500
  ...130 mph in a vanagon At 120mph (just a little slower) you are doing a mile every 30 seconds. That means the 1/10...
• Was Top Speed
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  12 Dec 1995 12:06:15 -0800
  FPS/ MPH how about MPG?? I do I do I do - when the clutch isn'g broken hows 30+ mpg sound ? - that's a...
• Re: I-95 Vanagon Gran Prix
  Historical mailing list - Oxroad
  Wed, 18 Mar 1998 01:42:02 EST
  ...Jeff 83.5 Westy (Won't go 85 MPH, even downhill. Not for a lack of trying.)
• FS: speedometer $35
  Historical mailing list - NA NA
  Mon, 9 Jul 2001 09:06:50 -0700
  for sale vanagon speedometer, MPH, from 80-83 aircooled van. no tripmeter. $35 works great obo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from...
• Re: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:36:05 +1300
  >for those of you who want/need little helpful tricks to remember such >things, >there are forty-eleven dozen feet in a mile. Is...
• Re: Head-case
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 23:02:07 -0700
  ...Regardless I want to or not I almost always drive near 80 MPH at 3000 RPM. But when I drive my vanagons I need...
• Re: Repowering madness, is this workable?
  Historical mailing list - Pat
  Fri, 27 Nov 1998 19:07:43 -0500
  ...I >> know it would no longer be able to go 129 mph as it can in the A6. I also >> know the 0 - 60...
• Good News my 84 Westy Passed Cal. Smog
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WITZ
  Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:42:27 -0700
  ...at 15Mph and 414 at 25 Mph? The max at 15 is1076 and 1103 at 25 Mph this is on a two year old...
• Re: Coffesions of a speeder what kind of gas milage do you see at 75 MPH
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 18:51:19 -0800
  ...Todd '88 Westy Robert Donalds wrote: >I went to Maine this week in my van at speeds of 65 to 85 MPH but mostly...
• Tires In High Winds
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 09:33:02 -0600
  ...While driving to work I could only get 50 mph on the I-15 southbound fwy due to head-wind. At times they were...
• Re: AT speeds/rpm's
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 00:02:14 -0400
  ...AT speeds/rpm's using a gps i determined that my 2.1L runs at about 66 mph at 4,000 RPM. I would...
• Re: GPS to check Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:03:57 -0700
  My GPS, like most any other made anytime recently, gives me a readout of my exact current speed, accurate to 1/10 MPH. In...
• Re: Engine Conversion MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:44:34 -0500
  On a recent 1,850 mile round trip, I got between 20 and 22 mpg on the highway (20 at 65 to 72 mph...
• Re: vdo 1540 speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Tim in Seattle
  Tue, 8 Feb 2005 10:55:48 -0800
  ...Is this a 120 mph or 100 mph face? Hope that helps. Tim On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 12:15:23 -0500, Kim Brennan...
• Re: [syncro.org] MPG and Decoupler (was Belly pans for speed /mpg)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 19 May 2008 08:09:34 -0700
  ...Fuel economy varied greatly with speed, 19 mpg (at 110 kph (68 mph)), then 22 mpg then 24 mpg to 30 mpg as I...
• Help needed for 88 Cabriolet emissions failure
  Historical mailing list - Karen Gritis
  Mon, 18 Aug 2003 19:24:06 -0400
  ...HC ppm - 15 mph - (limit 152) - actual 56 CO% - 15 mph - (limit .86) - actual .64 NO ppm - 15 mph - (limit 1203) - actual 1614 So...
• Re: vanagon top speed, extrapolation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 15:34:06 -0500
  I had my 83 Westy Air Cooled up to 85 mph once. That's when I blew #3 piston and showered the big Dodge...
• Re: Engine swappers: How low can your engine go and keep you going?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Sun, 7 Jan 2001 23:58:32 -0500
  ...In fifth I have a range of >roughly 40 (30 mph in flats if needed) mph to 90+. In fourth I have a >range...
• Re: Mystery Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 09:37:05 -0700
  ...It also sat nose down. > > The mystery part is that the vanagon was going over 70 mph up hill. Every > time a car moved...
• Re: Safe rpm's for 87 wolfsburg edition 2.1L????
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 26 Jun 2000 16:50:36 -0500
  ...Last year I drove my '67 Squareback from Alabama to Detroit at 70 to 75 MPH and had no problems outside of high operating...
• Re: Hanging it over the edge
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 4 Mar 2016 21:52:03 -0800
  ...Barreling along (I too, was > doing 70 mph, mainly to keep from being run over by big truckers) in a 28 > year year old...
• Re: AT vs Manual
  Historical mailing list - McDonell,Scott
  Wed, 3 Dec 1997 10:30:59 -0800
  ...I'd like to see these speed-demon 85/90 MPH automatic Westy's do that climb. My '86 Syncro, even with all the...
• I installed 215-85-16 tires on my syncro.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 23 Jun 2000 02:35:55 EDT
  ...Freeway speed at 4000 rpm is now 83 mph, and 3500 rpm is 72 mph. I love it. See ya, Michael 87 syncro, UNIMOG...
• Re: PLEASE READ- 1.9 vs 2.1...Driven both? Give your input..
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 18 Aug 2000 10:44:24 EDT
  ...Driving up a steep freeway section here called the "Pacifica Grade," the 2.1 can scoot up at 60 mph. best I can do...
• Re: AT speeds/rpm's
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Mon, 1 Jul 2002 13:31:14 -0400
  ...AT speeds/rpm's using a gps i determined that my 2.1L runs at about 66 mph at 4,000 RPM. I would...
• Re: 5 speed tranny question?
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:19:44 -0500
  Jere, With the SA 5 speed, the engine revs 3,500 rpm @70 MPH with stock 205-70-14 tires. The RPM drops with...
• Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 10:43:59 -0500
  100 MPH with 205/70-14 tires, 4 speed and Subie 2.2L. The van/engine wanted to go faster but I didn't...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:06:37 -0600
  Uhh David 100kph is only 62.5 mph. If he was doing 100 kph he'd be running in the right lane with the...
• Re: 90 Carat Auto TDI Conversion: MPG ect.
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:49:59 -0600
  ...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: WannaAutoWestie
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 27 Mar 1996 10:23:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Hey this place is cold! I >swear the temperature is -200 deg F and the wind is 200 MPH. > Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr................... In Iowa, they call...
• Rear-facing seats and seat belts
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 23 Mar 2000 14:24:41 -0500
  Unless you are backing up at 60 mph when you are rear-ended, the severity of the of a rear end collision is much...
• Re: WTB: Syncro Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:19:43 -0500
  ...what is the difference between a syncro and regular speedo? -Wes VW Doka wrote: > Anyone got a MPH syncro speedo for sale? Working or...
• 75 MPH - Insane?
  Historical mailing list - PSavage
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 00:35:17 -0700
  ...The only time I find I have to punch it (to 65 mph) is thru Los Angeles, which I'm only willing to do...
• Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 23:29:32 -0500
  ...I'd get about 25 MPG cruising at 80 MPH. The car would cruise 90+ Mph all day which translated to around 4000 RPM...
• Re: SMOG CHECK WARNING IN CALIFORNIA FOR VANAGONS! (2)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 14:25:38 EST
  ...HC (PPM) 201 @ 15 MPH CO (%) 1.39 @ 15 MPH HC (PPM) 118 @ 25 MPH CO (%) @ 1.19 The CO2 is also measured. Although...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Tue, 7 May 2013 07:00:07 -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...
• Shake down cruise
  Historical mailing list - Roger Barkley
  Mon, 8 Aug 2011 17:23:14 -0400
  ...Survived the mountains, down to < 30 mph on a few grades.....about as expected. Found I drove more with the tach than the speedometer...
• Failed CA Smog Test
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Wed, 23 Mar 2005 06:15:31 -0800
  ...15 MPH Test HC 221 Max allowed 131 CO 0.87 Max allowed 0.82 NO 1970 Max 1085 25 MPH Test HC 193...
• Re: Red dots on speedo (was some other thread about fuel gauges)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:19:59 -0400
  ...dot on the 20 mph >> tick on the speedometer signifies, what the two safety orange dots on the >> 40 mph tick signify, and what...
• Re: Advice Needed-Auto Tranny Experts
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 22:47:42 -0400
  ...If you do a full throttle acceleration from low speed, the final upshift will be at 4600 rpm (about 50 mph or so). If...
• Re: Optimum WBX rpms; was RE: 4 speed/5 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 22 May 2010 18:59:10 -0400
  ...With stock gearing 3,800 rpm puts you close to 68 mph. Much above 4,100 to 4,200 rpm oil temps can start...
• Advice Needed-Auto Tranny Experts
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Stewart
  Tue, 8 Apr 2003 19:28:51 -0400
  ...It shifts up out of first at about 15 MPH, into second at about 25, too early I believe. On any grade is where...