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• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 22:24:38 -0500
  ...minutes of research reveals the following: > > Early aircooled engines (25 & 36-40 hp) used AS41 alloy for the > cases. > AS41 is: aluminum 4.2...
• LVC - My Beetle Turned 50 Today!
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:21:16 -0400
  ...At the time it had a blown engine, but I rebuilt new 36 hp engine for it (from another 56 beetle) and drove it...
• Re: IRS Conversions?
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sun, 02 Jun 1996 17:19:46 -0700
  ...I don't think you really need to worry about losing the mechanical advantage, unless you are running a 25hp or 36 hp motor...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:41:48 -0500
  ...18 quarts of 50/50 coolant weighs around 36 lb and has a specific heat capacity of roughly 0.85 BTU per lb per...
• Re: What is the target price for a 2001/2002 Eurovan Camper?
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Fri, 18 Jan 2002 21:27:20 -0800
  ...We need ac/ > automatic/ cruise/ the hp. I will keep my 87 Westy; too much money invested. > Just can't find a reliable source...
• Re: vanagon top speed, extrapolation
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 08:58:45 -0400
  ...Friday, September 03, 2004 11:36 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: vanagon top speed, extrapolation > I posted M. Jagersand's speed...
• Re: Fuel pressure regulator?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:58:13 -0800
  ...Wednesday, January 06, 2010 8:36 AM Subject: Re: Fuel pressure regulator? > Any write up on how you did that? > Michael in San Antonio...
• Re: FS, some stuff :) (cams)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 05:33:04 +0000
  ...that HP increase can be manipulated more towards the low end with an adjustable cam pulley. :) Chris DeLong Fine Tuning 206.367.5503 www...
• Re: Conversion Choices
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 2 Sep 2012 10:41:21 -0700
  ...at 5:36 AM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com> wrote: > I have been wondering if the 2012 New Beetle's 170 hp inline 5...
• Re: Getting closer!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:57:23 -0700
  ...What's the hp again ? 135 ? I'm jealous. Lol. Scott -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: NOS parts & Old engines.
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 11:24:25 -0600 (CST)
  ...36Hp but when i was there i saw it had a detachable > generatorstand. The case looks not the same as a 40 Hp 1200...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:29:58 -0600
  ...Fire Extinguishers > > Doing about 2 minutes of research reveals the following: > > Early aircooled engines (25 & 36-40 hp) used AS41 alloy for the cases...
• Re: safe speeds, underpowered engines, Vanagon diesel mortality (LVC, some Friday content)
  Historical mailing list - tom ring
  Sat, 29 May 2004 21:26:18 -0600
  ...It also had an airbag and ABS, > just like the Volvo. > ------------------------ Clip ------------------------------------ > I opted to sell my 365 HP 327 CUI 68 Corvette L82...
• Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 3 May 2012 15:58:35 -0600
  ...VW has done that forever, starting with putting their 36 hp Bug engine in Split Window Buses. .. and ...heck.. if diesel vanagons were not...
• Re: horsepower increase
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:38:07 +0000
  ...145 hp is attainable after the engine is installed for less than 500$. I might add that your local emissions department can significantly hinder...
• Re: Reducing exhaust heat extends the life of water hoses.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 10 Jul 2001 11:03:07 EDT
  In a message dated 7/10/2001 10:36:58 AM Eastern Daylight Time, eric.giroux@nrc.ca writes: > Price? > > Easy to apply? How...
• Re: High beams not working-lighting upgrades!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Thu, 21 Nov 2013 13:54:51 -0800
  ...That was a 56 VW Bus, Commerical with side doors on both side, 36 hp engine originally. I might have even started my 40...
• Re: [Q] Decreasing gear ratio
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 23 Jan 95 9:46:32 PST
  ...Dsl/4 | 0.85 | 5.428:1 | 3650 | 86.4mm | 2069 ft. Dsl/5 | 0.77 | 5.428:1 | 3306 | 86.4mm | 1874 ft...
• Re: LVC - My Beetle Turned 50 Today!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Rowsell
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:07:41 -0300
  ...At the time it had a blown engine, but I rebuilt new 36 hp > engine for it (from another 56 beetle) and drove it...
• Re: 90 Syncro engine power probs
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sun, 8 Apr 2012 09:56:51 -0400
  ...33 psi at idle and 36 psi without the vacuum hose. Could be fuel pump. Fuel filter. Or fuel pressure regulator. Also check the...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 23:08:36 -0400
  ...Early aircooled engines (25 & 36-40 hp) used AS41 alloy for the cases. AS41 is: aluminum 4.2% silicon 1%. The remainder is... magnesium...
• Re: 160 HP waterboxer
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Thu, 16 Oct 2008 10:20:46 -0700
  ...0E=&tbnid=0umZGaqnqpNKxM:&tbnh=49&tbnw=74&prev=/images%3Fq%3DH-36%2BSuper%2BDimona%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla...
• Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 May 2012 16:40:40 -0700
  ...car around. > > VW has done that forever, starting with putting their 36 hp Bug engine in > Split Window Buses. .. > and ...heck.. > if diesel vanagons...
• Re: 1600 upright into aircooled vanagon? Wasserboxer case to aircooled?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Solowiej
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 07:08:02 -0600
  ...Sean on 12/15/02 3:36 PM, Nemo, Bus Captain at nemobuscaptain@YAHOO.COM wrote: > Will a standard upright 1600 fit into an...
• Re: When a 20-yr old can't afford a hippy bus
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 3 Aug 2007 10:34:43 -0700
  Come on Don, aren't you the guy that "raced" a Porsche 928 with 550 HP & extensive expensive body & chassis mods? Or was that...
• NOS parts & Old engines.
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Mar 1996 13:26:59 +0100
  Yesterday i bought two 25 or 36 Hp muffler installation sets, original VW, still in their original two piece box in very good condition...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 4 Jun 2010 13:32:12 -0700
  ...side doors on both sides, no windows in them,, partion panel behind front seats, non walk through, split case trans, 36 hp. bought it...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion MORE INFO!!!!Part2
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 18:05:48 -0700
  ...1 ?????? 9.0:1 HP(SAE)@rpm 115 @ 5200 90 @ 4000 HPHP@ rrrr 90 @ 4800 (85 kW @ 5200) (66 kW @ 4000) Max.torque, 122...
• Re: Coolant question
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 3 Jul 2014 17:05:48 -0700
  ...Granted, we're running a 700 HP, 360 cu in > Chevy V8 that runs on alcohol, but the concept is the same: improving the...
• Re: VW Van turns 60.
  Historical mailing list - levi hawkins
  Sat, 5 Jun 2010 15:13:12 -0700
  ...split� case trans, 36 hp. bought it for $ 160 with no engine in Tucson AZ, in� about 1973. gawd your old scott..� LOL� i...
• Re: Joseph Murphy's gearing question
  Historical mailing list - Todd Hill
  Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:56:05 EST
  ...The final drive on the diesel powered Vanagons was so high because you had 50 rip-snortin' hp coming on strong somewhere around 2000...
• Unusual cases in a/c engine
  Historical mailing list - M.Grant
  Thu, 7 Sep 1995 17:14:11 +0100 (BST)
  ...With all that lot it would be nice to get some kind of idea of the HP produced, but none is given. However the...
• Re: After today, I am glad I did not give up on the Wasserboxer!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 20:28:35 PDT
  ...I increased the fuel pressure to 40 psi from 36 psi and gained from 20.5 to 24.7 mpg at 70mph to 75mph...
• Re: How does Digifant work?
  Historical mailing list - Aerowolf
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 19:36:45 -0500
  ...For more information on them, I found "Bosch Fuel Injection Systems" (ISBN 1-55788-365-3, published by HPBooks) very helpful. You wouldn't...
• Re: WBX in Porsche
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:37:35 -0700
  "the word" I've read on the subie list says the XT6 motor, even though 145 hp, does not have the torque at low...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list
  7/12/95 6:24 PM
  ...It's engine is the 1.6 4 cylinder diesel that goes into that same era Rabbit/Jettas, about 52 HP. It has an...
• Re: TIICO/ABA engine question
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:43:25 -0800
  ...lbs of torque right off idle and 165 hp up top - no nasty turbo required! =) On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:36 AM...
• Re: vans
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:21:01 -0500
  ...That old 36 hp motor ran great but anytime we had a long pass..(and the passes took a looong time in that bus...
• Re: Compression
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 22 Jan 95 9:16:25 EST
  ...ie the early A type 36hp engine and the 25 hp engine had comp. pressures of 85-114; but after 1965 the pressures range...
• Re: Syncros
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 May 1996 10:16:54 -0500
  >In a message dated 96-05-16 14:36:09 EDT, 30erainey@sophia.sph.unc.edu (Eric >Rainey) writes: > ><snip> >>Reading some of the...
• Re: Interesting item on eBay web site item#1830669412: Volkswagen : Van
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Tue, 21 May 2002 11:25:26 -0400
  ...Or is that a typo? (Year or hp?) Jay Terry Kay <ctonline@WEBTV.NET>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 05/21/2002 10:42:36...
• Cars for sale
  Historical mailing list - BRIAN NMN REYNOLDS
  Sun, 7 Apr 1996 18:34:02 -0700
  ...date is 12/31/58. $3300 '57 Karmann Ghia Coupe- Brilliant Red color, New Mexico car, beige interior, 36 hp w/ good compression, runs...
• Re: Head temp > 230F + Is this critically bad?
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 4 Jun 2013 21:44:09 -0500
  ...If I remember this was the 36 HP engines. The hot rodders would use that fan on the later engines, as it would use...
• Re: Electric Power Steering
  Historical mailing list - KIM BRENNAN
  Fri, 24 Jul 2015 22:24:44 -0400
  At the 360 volts. That is, of course on full AC. On Eco setting it draws considerably less. > On Jul 24, 2015, at 8...
• Re: Replace H2O Boxer with E Boxer {:~))
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 9 Oct 2019 11:40:02 -0300
  ...Future electric engines for our rides?? I wonder how much HP/torque a ramped up version of that would produce? > Dave B. > > -----Original Message...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 14:14:42 -0700
  ...So changing the entire coolant by 20F would get you > 0.85 x 20 x 36 = ~600 BTU, about what a sedentary human throws...
• Re: Water Cooler System Design Flaw Workaround?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:57:05 -0700
  ...So > changing the entire coolant by 20F would get you > 0.85 x 20 x 36 = ~600 BTU, about what a sedentary human throws...
• Re: An Early Vanagon Ad
  Historical mailing list - EDWARD V BARGER
  Fri, 8 Mar 2013 09:21:22 -0800
  ...only VW buss experience was driving an old type one camper 36 hp in the mountains of Mexico from Sioux City Iowa to Acapulco...
• Power Measurement and Comparison of Modifications
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Sat, 30 Oct 1999 11:33:44 -0300
  ...The power as calculated above is 0.437*3635/18.30=86.80HP Actual Power was 82 HP. My 85 Westy with an automatic...
• Re: Summer Syncro project
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Jun 2024 09:20:53 -0600
  ...You might want to look @ MansiSpeed Rockers & Injectors for some extra HP & also, since You should have a “D” code ECU, give some thought...
• Re: TIICO/ABA engine question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:50:25 -0500
  ...lbs of torque right off idle and 165 hp up top - no > nasty turbo required! =) > > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:36 AM...
• Re: Can I replace a Solex 28 PICT with 30 PICT 2?
  Historical mailing list - Jon Christensen
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 08:09:01 -0500 (CDT)
  Glen wrote: > My 1961 40 hp SAE bus was converted to 12 volts by the P.O. As a result, I > have no choke...
• Re: Syncros
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 18 May 96 11:03:04 -0500 (CDT)
  >>In a message dated 96-05-16 14:36:09 EDT, 30erainey@sophia.sph.unc.edu (Eric >>Rainey) writes: >> >><snip> >>>Reading some of the...
• Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 25 May 2000 09:57:22 -0700
  ...vince_pappalardo@HP.COM > Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; Stuart MacMillan > Subject: Re: Front Heater Control Valve Replacement Tricks? > > > At 16:36 5/24...
• Re: New Engine Needed
  Historical mailing list - Cookson, Noel
  Fri, 26 Apr 2002 11:33:15 -0500
  What's an HP WBX? Noel '88 GL -----Original Message----- From: joseph Trussell [mailto:joetruss@HOTMAIL.COM] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 10:52...
• Re: misc (mpg, transmission, driving habits.)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:57:39 -0400
  ...3.3 H6 3.3 H6 >> weight 3428 lbs 3650 lbs 4000 lbs >> HP 231 240 240 >> MPG 18-30mpg 16-17 mpg 15...
• Re: Oldest
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:53:07 -0500
  ...the late 70's-moi only 62. > > 1st bus was a 36 hp 1960 Panel in 1968-paid $262.50-asking price $275, offer...
• Re: Possible...Overheating-Rebuilding engines.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Apr 2013 10:08:13 -0700
  ...crank disassembly. "What? Mom? I can't put an engine crank in your oven?") I rebuilt a 36 HP VW engine as an early...
• More wear index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Tue, 29 Nov 94 10:43:04 PST
  ...Dsl/4 | 0.85 | 5.428:1 | 3650 | 86.4mm | 2069 ft. Dsl/5 | 0.77 | 5.428:1 | 3306 | 86.4mm | 1874 ft...
• Re: Fire Extinguishers
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 23:00:13 -0500
  ...Fire Extinguishers > > > > Doing about 2 minutes of research reveals the following: > > > > Early aircooled engines (25 & 36-40 hp) used AS41 alloy for the > cases...