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• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:33:09 -0500
  ...A wind tunnel test of air drag would certainly be cool. VW probably has done one. Just a matter of getting the right publication...
• Re: Vangaon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 15:26:44 -0600
  ...Starting at the front, the shape is more aerodynamically efficient despite its angular appearance, and VW claims a drag coefficient of 0.44 (Remember...
• Raceway park Englishtown NJ VW Show and Go this sunday...be there!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:59:06 EDT
  ...this sunday starts 8am VW show and swap meet..new and used vw parts...drag racing, etc.. so who all is coming? bring your...
• Re: 1.9l TD Engine torque & power tables, westy drag.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 4 Jan 1999 11:55:57 -0500
  ...675 Martin, John thanks for all of the info regarding power, torque and drag. I was especially interested in the drag data. Just a...
• Re: On the Issue of Drag Coefficient Numbers for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:13:58 -0500
  ...Air can't get in and whip around to make noise and drag then. TEMiller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Jagersand" <jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA...
• Re: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 13 Oct 1998 14:33:45 -0400
  At 10:03 AM 10/13/98 -0700, t bill wrote: >Drag will be about half of what you currently have. Just down shift...
• Re: Dragging front brakes...why? how?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 31 Mar 2004 21:13:24 -0500
  Mike Collum wrote: > <snip> > >>What causes dragging brakes? These drag enough to create an odor, so it's >>worrisome. > > <snip> > > The two things that...
• Re: front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 07:43:47 -0400
  ...You can push fluid into the cylinder but it can't get back out on its own, causing the pads to drag. KenLewis Quoting...
• Re: how hot should; CV's, rear Wheel bearings & brake hubs.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:41:28 -0700
  ...too tight shoes and drums will get even tighter and drag badly once running. But some initial drag by feel is normal, even desirable...
• Re: Does anyone know the owner of this Westy?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:16:50 -0400
  that's just a decal..like this one.. _Large 75" x 20" Dragon 1 Vinyl Decal Graphic for Car Truck RV Motorhome | eBay_ (http...
• Re: Dragging Starter
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Wed, 1 Apr 1998 20:38:29 -0800
  > Wally, the 84 Westy (150K) has a draggy starter, especially when hot. I did not see it in any other response yet, so I...
• Rear Brake Adjustments (Tighten then become loose)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rissman
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 06:47:30 -0700
  ...have a considerable amount of drag and then pump the brakes a few times there is no more drag? The brakes and hand brake...
• Re: Vangaon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:54:08 -0500
  ...Vangaon Drag Coefficient? > Anybody know it? -john > > _________________________________________________________________ > Check out MSN PC Safety & Security to help ensure your PC is protected and > safe. http://specials...
• engine drag
  Historical mailing list - DSTEVENS
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 10:15:03 -0400
  ...Wankels At 10:03 AM 10/13/98 -0700, t bill wrote: >Drag will be about half of what you currently have. Just down...
• Re: Am I getting through
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:41:19 -0800
  ...Did not receive ddjorkman's > > > >> On Nov 9, 2022, at 10:18 AM, Rowan Tipton <uther@DRAGONHOME.ORG> wrote: > >> > >> Got it! > >> > >> r > >> > >> Rowan Tipton...
• Re: Oil Leaks due to Synthetics
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Mon, 19 May 2003 08:06:45 -0400
  ...rconcepts.com/beard/dragnet/drag/oilinfo.html > http://www.geocities.com/chrislonghurst/snakeoil.html > http://rconcepts.com/beard/dragnet/drag/oilinfo.html > Stan Wilder >
• Re: [NVC][Friday] DC Dragon Boat Festival this weekend in Georgetown (I'm competing)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 22 May 2009 09:32:26 -0400
  ...East Rising, the Dragon Boat team for which I paddle, won first place in our Division "C" finals for the 200m race. Due to...
• Re: Vangaon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - P.Dooley
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 20:47:36 -0500
  ...Vangaon Drag Coefficient? > > Do drag coefficients ever go above 1.0? > > Cheers, > Bruce > > >From: "J. Harvey" <jtharvey2@HOTMAIL.COM> > >Reply-To: "J. Harvey" <jtharvey2...
• Re: Am I getting through
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:18:15 -0500
  Got it! r Rowan Tipton rowan@dragonhome.org <mailto:rowan@dragonhome.org> > On Nov 9, 2022, at 8:17 AM, ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman...
• Re: drag race in boulder
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 12 Jun 2006 07:30:51 -0700
  Officer: "Honest Judge, they were drag racing in their Vanagons" Judge: "Yeah, sure they were...... > > > .....and when the light turned, we both stepped on...
• Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:06:52 -0800
  ...VW found that rounding the nose of the original bus, 30% drag reduction was realized! (This from a professor at engineering school) Bruce Carmichael...
• Re: sliding door lock spring.
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 4 Apr 2010 22:03:44 -0700
  I know what you mean about the "drag". I've used a bit of emery cloth on lock barrel to ease the fit a...
• Re: Re: Re: Vanagon Drag Co efficient?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 22:32:54 -0800
  ...That will pretty much take care of the drag and the co-efficients. No, you won't win the world's largest egg contest...
• Lost all E-mail........again.
  Historical mailing list - Turner,Ronald L.
  07 Oct 96 22:42:38 EDT
  ...Breathed in my fair share of burned rubber from the drag bugs and assorted other makes screaming down the dragstrip. Two listmembers were going...
• =?US-ASCII?Q?RE:_______Re:_Vanagon_Drag_Coefficient=3F?=
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:12:08 -0600
  ...Wind drag coefficient sounds like something akin to speed when I see the front of a Vanagon / Bus more as abutment coefficient, that frontal...
• Re: front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 11:10:33 -0700
  ...front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging? > so after driving my vanagon for a little bit today, i smelled this "burnt > rubber" smell...
• Re: State of the Art in Engine Swaps is....?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 7 Apr 2004 23:08:39 EDT
  ...Take it to Friday on Dragnet. I mean let's drag this to Friday instead. I'm taking badges off. You're putting them...
• stoplight drag races
  Historical mailing list - Larry Carter
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 14:15:56 -0000
  Hello; Our subject for today will be stoplight drag racing. Ever since I started to drive, (63 or 64) I have had the urge...
• Re: Draggin caliper, bad bearing job, or paranoia?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:49:49 -0400
  ...Maybe you are just focused on these brakes because you just worked on them, but they are ok? Dragging rear shoes will practically melt...
• Re: gas saving strategies without touching a wrench
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Sat, 3 Sep 2005 09:22:55 -0600
  ...The AC uses more power from the engine than any losses from aerodynamic drag. (open windows have very little drag effect in normal town...
• Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)
  Historical mailing list - Ed Mellinger
  Wed, 01 May 1996 10:42:18 -0700
  ...This resistance is smaller than aero drag at most speeds, and probably smaller than drivetrain losses, but it is still a significant part of...
• Re: Brake fluid overfilled
  Historical mailing list - Kent Christensen
  Mon, 6 Mar 2000 21:39:44 -0700
  ...I did this once and it caused the rear brakes to drag badly enough to heat up the drums and warp them There is...
• Re: clutch dragging... hmmm
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:23:52 EDT
  In a message dated 8/11/05 11:23:45 PM, rdh24@CORNELL.EDU writes: << the Vanagon feels like its clutch is dragging just...
• MANASSAS BUG OUT THIS SUN
  Historical mailing list - Chris Turner
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 17:26:45 -0400
  SUNDAY,SUNDAYSUNDAY!!! SUNDAY AT OLD DOMIONION SPEEDWAY IN MANASSAS VA !!! SEE THE NITRO POWERED DRAG VANAGONS EXCEED SPEEDS OF 500MPH !! AND...... uh.... wrong commercial...
• Re: can you hear me now
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 2022 13:23:29 +0000
  ...Rowan Tipton <uther@dragonhome.org> To: ddbjorkman@verizon.net <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> Cc: Rowan Tipton <uther@dragonhome.org>; vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Sent: Wed...
• Re: washing the van
  Historical mailing list - lbmelman
  Sun, 9 Jun 2002 23:37:15 -0700
  no drag what so ever, eh? That should drastically improve gas mileage on the freeways. I am on my way to get some Murphys...
• Re: stoplight drag races
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 20:43:05 -0700
  If you see a Dragon Green Rabbit Pickup next to you at the next stop light and you are in your Vanagon... I'll...
• Re: [VANAGON] Re: � � � Re: V anagon Drag Co efficient?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 01:04:44 EST
  ...By controlling the inflation pressure, at a constant velocity, while optimizing manifold vacuum, one should be able to reduce drag by 20% or more...
• Re: the pimp-mobile vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 10:39:26 -0500
  :::Ahhhh, I kinda figured those Craigslist pictures were of Matilda in :::drag? :::The seeming conservative and stock Van at camp-outs, goes wild while...
• Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:02:40 -0700
  lets not get too technical Don:) un-attached flow can be less drag in certain situations. initiating separation of laminar flow has been used...
• Re: Transmission Woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:52:10 -0800
  ...When the tranny is cold the viscosity of the gear oil adds internal drag to the shaft and the failing bearing must overcome this...
• Re: (Jeep) was ad campaigns (f)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Fri, 06 Oct 1995 16:05:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Great Plains used to drag behind them? I think mebbe "Og" the caveman >used an old hide to drag his family around on before...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 9 Jun 2002 to 10 Jun 2002 - Special issue (#2002-726)
  Historical mailing list - J McCavitt
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:34:37 -0700
  ...No drag either, unless you count wearing a blue camisole under my overalls ;) Is it Friday yet? Jerry ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2002 23...
• Clutch Drag Problem
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 15:42:09 -0700
  Hello, Yesterday, I experienced a bad case of clutch drag. Enough to make the car creep in 4th gear and to require starting the...
• Re: [NVC][Friday] DC Dragon Boat Festival this weekend in Georgetown (I'm competing)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 22 May 2009 08:45:43 -0500
  Speaking of Dragon Boat races, the first in our area will be held on Lake Weiss near Centre, Alabama (north, Georgia border) as part...
• Re: eBus project: A T2 Westfalia converted with electric motor and LiIon batteries.
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:16:54 -0400
  ...Wouldn't change the drag characteristics. On Mar 16, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Poppie Jagersand wrote: > Not practical for a conventional vehicle. they...
• front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 02:18:32 EDT
  ...what is the symptoms of a sticking caliper? i dont hear any dragging... but the brakes do suck on this van..... any ideas as...
• Re: Why don't we have these kinds of Pop top here in the USA "Atlantic "
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:33:09 -0700
  ...I'd bet that the difference in aerodynamic drag is less than 10%; and aerodynamic drag is only one (admittedly, significant at highway speed...
• Re: engine drag
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Mon, 19 Oct 1998 22:32:16 -0700
  > At 10:03 AM 10/13/98 -0700, t bill wrote: > > > >Drag will be about half of what you currently have. Just down shift...
• Re: Help with dragging brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Thu, 17 Nov 94 10:38:28 PST
  > > I've rebuilt all my wheel cyliders and my brakes STILL drag! Should I put > some grease in the cylider after I've cleaned...
• VW SHOW THIS SUNDAY!! MAPLE GROVE (READING, PA)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jun 2001 02:06:07 EDT
  ...HUGE SHOW AREA (ENTER YOUR VW!) HUGE VW PARTS SWAP MEET, WITH NEW AND USED PARTS VENDORS...VW DRAG RACING (DRAG RACE YOUR VAN...
• Re: (Jeep) was ad campaigns (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Oct 1995 15:49:05 -0700
  ...Great Plains used to drag behind them? I think mebbe "Og" the caveman used an old hide to drag his family around on before...
• bus racing
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 19:16:05 -0400
  > > > The other wonderful idea along these lines would be to > > find a drag strip and go on 'grudge' night- match-race vans, for > > the...
• adjusting new rear brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Fri, 14 Jun 2002 17:17:37 EDT
  ...Would 5 be good? Or 7? Or 10? A slight drag? No drag? Any ideas appreciated. Thanks Jeff 83.5 Westy LA,CA
• Re: bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:09:59 -0500
  ...Spin wheel by hand to check for drag. Adjust to the point where there is just a slight drag, back off just a little...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:29:42 -0400
  ...but look at trains, aerodynamically they overcome drag to a HUGE degree over the equivalent cargo on trucks. Quite a huge energy savings since...
• removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - jbclem
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 02:43:45 -0800
  ...I'd like to remove it to get it out of the way and also to cut down on engine drag. I have two...
• Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:34:11 -0500
  ...Will it actually get to yellow line in 4th gear on the flat? My old '75 bus was drag-limited in 4th, it couldn...
• Sunday story.
  Historical mailing list - Barbara Sutton
  Sun, 06 Apr 1997 21:28:31 -0700
  ...This stuff about the Dragon stems from a long-felt need. I have rarely accepted the names that are stuck onto things like labels...
• Re: � � � Re: Vanagon Drag Co efficient?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 19:48:41 EST
  ...By controlling the inflation pressure, at a constant velocity, while optimizing manifold vacuum, one should be able to reduce drag by 20% or more...