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• Re: Vanagon engine swap canadate
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Tue, 25 Feb 2014 21:53:56 -0600
  I just wonder????? I know the drag racers tried it way back in the 60's. But the "roots type blower used to much...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:09:09 -0600
  ...Does anyone know > the actual coefficient of drag for a Vanagon? Does anyone know what frontal > area of a Vanagon is? Without this information...
• Re: Looking for some history
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:16:33 -0300
  ...What > does it take to break this? > > Thank you, > > -- > Scott Quinnett > www.dragonflyvans.com > 406-552-2980 > dragonflyvans@gmail.com
• Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture) A new angle...
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 16 Jan 2000 07:11:24 +0100
  David Utley wrote: > Part of the reason why you have more power then is the reason why dragsters > only start their car just before...
• DragonFly Rental Vans Orientation Video to the Vanagon Weekender
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:43:23 -0700
  The owner of Dragonfly Rental Vans did a great job putting together an 18-minute video of how to operate the the Vanagon and...
• dragging caliper
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 14 Aug 2016 09:22:44 -0700
  ...What's the least expensive way to address the dragging caliper? I plan to move it and then decide whether to restore it or...
• '86 Armrest Tension (Lack thereof)
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:26:41 -0700
  ...After reinstalling them, they no longer have tension/drag when flipped up/down. Worked just fine before, but now they're floppy - all four...
• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Doug in Calif
  Sun, 17 Oct 2004 18:45:25 -0700
  ...The steep slope of the windshield and angled rear hatch glass makes a huge difference in drag over the earlier 68-79 bus. Extensive...
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 22 May 2016 13:46:49 -0700
  ...Back in the days of manually adjusted shoes we set them for just a > touch of drag to get them seated. Disc brakes drag...
• Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 08:54:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Drag coefficient is defined as the aero drag at any given speed, divided by unit frontal air pressure at that speed, then divided by...
• Re: LOL, WBX powered drag bus
  Historical mailing list - brady
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:58:35 -0700
  ...LOL, WBX powered drag bus This is the first engine swap I have heard of with a WBX going in instead of coming out...
• Re: aerodynamics (Seriously...)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 09:52:01 MST
  > I thought that the early Buses actually had a lower drag co-efficient than > the Beetle sedans. I read that somewhere. I want to...
• Re: On Longevity,Displacement,Efficiency and Technology in Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Nancy Eilers-Hughes
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 10:00:59 -0700
  ...So it is your contention that a Vanagon without the radiator (as in covered over) has significantly less drag than one *with* a radiator...
• Re: Am I getting through
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 9 Nov 2022 20:48:26 +0000
  ...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: [NVC][Friday] DC Dragon Boat Festival this weekend in Georgetown (I'm competing)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 22 May 2009 08:04:58 -0700
  ...the e-mail I sent out last Friday. > East Rising, the Dragon Boat team for which I paddle, won first place > in our Division...
• Re: convertible westy?
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Mon, 22 Jan 2001 05:44:52 EST
  ...They cut the entire roof off, even the cab. >> KRE, makers of the early turbobugs used to drag race a split bus without a...
• Re: 2.1L Wasserboxer Power Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Mon, 15 Feb 1999 22:45:31 -0500
  ...Brother Gene, back in '65, built an NHRA rail dragster, "D-Dragster", running a Buick in-line 8-cylinder, with THREE main bearings and...
• Re: front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:35:16 -0700
  ...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: NOVC Comment on fuel economy, drag and velocity
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:53:44 -0800
  ...NOVC Comment on fuel economy, drag and velocity Average velocity along interstate 5 > was 80.6 mph I thought the speed limit in California...
• Re: Draggin caliper, bad bearing job, or paranoia? - workmanship
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:39:55 -0400
  ...what I do is tighten down while turning until it's > pretty draggy, then back off just a bit. Is there an actual measurable...
• Re: New Engine Oil Leak (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ed DeBolt
  Wed, 20 Jun 2001 10:15:32 -0700
  ...the explanation I have heard is that the higher oil level creates drag on the crank. when the oil level is lower the crank...
• Re: van aerodynamics, was Re: BenT's dream vanagon now for sale
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:56:54 -0800
  ...Thinking about it, maybe higher vans would suffer less drag underneath, (perhaps less ground effect drag). Dave - hard to explain all in short form...
• Troubles emailing an MP3 from iTunes
  Historical mailing list - Allen Berrien
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:45:57 -0400
  ...Click on the song in iTunes and (while holding down the mouse or trackpad button) drag it to the desktop. Let go. Then quit...
• RE- drag coefficient
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  1 May 1996 08:23:16 -0700
  RE: drag coefficient 5/1/96 8:16 AM Steve Maher concluded his message: "P.S. Hey, at least I didn't mention that...
• exploding transmissions [was: Re: (no subject)]
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir H. Desai
  Tue, 18 Nov 2003 03:37:50 -0500
  ...local chapter of the PCA(porsche club of americ) in stoplight drags, your van will be very smooth and quick accelerating, and keep you...
• Re: Aerodynamics and the Westie luggage rack, etc..
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:18:30 -0600
  ...The rear of a vehicle is important in drag calculations. A vehicle with a sloping back roof and tail (eg a real Beetle) will...
• Re: FOR SALE: Schleswig Coachwerks Vanagon Cabriolet
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 14:38:16 -0500
  ...Cab) that had been converted into a dragster, once. I'm not too sure about that. Dragster engines blow up enough that I don...
• Re: Why don't we have these kinds of Pop top here in the USA "Atlantic "
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:49:08 -0400
  At 10:04 PM 9/26/2008, Chris S wrote... >The front luggage rack creates a LOT of turbulence and drag. Yes, >frontal area...
• Re: front wheel hot to the touch? caliper dragging?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:34:02 -0700
  ...You can push fluid into the cylinder but it can't get back out on its own, causing the pads to drag. KenLewis Quoting...
• Aerodynamics and the Westie luggage rack, etc..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:31:05 -0700
  ...No rain gutters now..Smooth flowing headlights now..All in an attempt to smooth the air flow to reduce turbulence, to cut drag. If...
• Re: Clutch Drag Problem
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:39:30 -0500
  ...Radtke wrote: > Hello, > > Yesterday, I experienced a bad case of clutch drag. Enough to make the > car creep in 4th gear and to require...
• Re: [Syncro] The dragonfly chronicles, or, power mirrors....
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Sat, 31 Aug 2002 22:35:36 -0600
  You know, maybe the dragonflies are just huge here, but the wing windows have no effect..... bmc :) "Faith will move mountains, but you'd...
• Air cond.
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Diehl
  Fri, 6 Jan 1995 01:57:17 -0500 (EST)
  ...Were these units just not effective or was it just to much drag on the eng? I heard that their is an after market...
• Re: mpg
  Historical mailing list - Paul Connelly
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 12:37:53 -0600
  ...Back to my original theory that it's basically all the same - Less drag from less dense air, needs less power, but less dense...
• bad jokes (Was Re: Is it time for a Tiico list?) NVC
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 7 Jun 2002 12:43:45 -0700
  ...Bill Kasper <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU> >Reply-To: Bill Kasper <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re: Is it time...
• Dragging caliphers on my 85 ??
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 11:50:46 EST
  ...there is squeak from the front brakes like the pad is dragging slightly on the rotor. You hear it a low speeds but I...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - Blue Eyes
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 11:36:33 -0600
  ...Remember those hot tires? Brakes drag, wheel bearing impose loads. It all adds together to create the road horsepower loads you can't avoid...
• Draggin caliper, bad bearing job, or paranoia?
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:38:45 -0700
  ...My question is that I think that either the pads are dragging on the new disk or that my bearings may need more attention...
• Re: [NVC] Need alignment sight to help with backing trailer
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:27:01 -0700
  dear lost in driveway http://www.easyhitch.net/3.htm as featured on Dragons Den http://www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/ which is a show...
• Re: Westy Drag Coeff?
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:07:52 -0700
  ...wrote: > Hi Volks, > > Back some time ago a listmember did a drag > coefficient test for a westfalia. > I don't recall the numbers but...
• Re: Stands or ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 19:41:03 -0800
  ...So you slide it off the jack and drag the jack out, then drag the motor out. Jim On Sunday, December 12, 2004, at...
• Re: Vanagon Drag-Racer
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:00:30 -0600
  On 10/6/04 4:22 AM, "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ> wrote: >> Folks, >> >> Anyone built Vanagon Drag-Racer? >> FRP-cowl...
• Re: On the Issue of Drag Coefficient Numbers for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 20:45:16 -0700
  ...The relative Cd ratio .44/.52 = .85 suggests that a 15% reduction in drag should be achievable if somehow it is possible to restore...
• Road Horsepower vs rolling resistance
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 17 Feb 2001 11:24:55 -0700
  ...I do know one drag coefficient for a early vanagon was .46. The total drag plate area varies from Carat to Westy, but a...
• Re: Some aerodynamic ideas..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:11:49 -0700
  Well the rear certainly does drag along a lot of turbulent air. But the front end starts all the turbulence, and once it becomes...
• Re: eBus project: A T2 Westfalia converted with electric motor and LiIon batteries.
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:44:34 -0700
  ...they are too heavy and >> have too high rolling resistance and wind drag to work just off >> solar cells. >
• Re: politically incorrect Vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:12:06 -0400
  That was Kim Brennan at Buds Creek Dragaway- and he was in the lead.
• Re: politically incorrect Vanagons...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 2 Jul 2007 12:12:06 -0400
  That was Kim Brennan at Bds Creek Dragaway- and he was in the lead.
• Re: Clutch Drag Problem
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:13:00 -0700
  ...Clutch Drag Problem > > Hello, > > Yesterday, I experienced a bad case of clutch drag. Enough to make the > car creep in 4th gear and to...
• Re: Vanagon Drag Coefficient?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 13:56:51 -0800
  ...Vanagon Drag Coefficient? > does anyone know the age of the autobahn? i bet the old bug and > busses would get > slammed on it? just...
• Re: WTB: PS drag link for Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 1 Jan 2005 16:34:06 +1300
  ...I thought this was called a drag link. Anyway, after >adding the same set-up in my 88 2wd Doka, I know that this...
• Re: removing air conditioner without spilling the freon
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 10 Mar 2016 12:17:28 +0000
  ...You can simply remove the belt to the compressor in order to reduce drag.  Freon recovery is best left to the professionals. Good luck...
• Re: '56 Kombi update: DMV/clutch
  Historical mailing list
  4 Nov 94 11:47
  Thom, I get that "clutch drag" problem in my FIAT when its been stood for a week or two. I don't think it...
• Re: Vanagon total drag and mechanical losses
  Historical mailing list - syncro architecture studio
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 21:53:21 -0500
  ...there? Let me guess, the cable will add additional amount of drag. -- Regards, David Bogle Brooklyn '87 Vanagon GL Syncro Westfalia '72 Campmobile 2...
• vanagon top speed, was Re: Double cab for sale/engine longevity
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 13:32:31 -0700
  ...Martin calculated a drag curve from some data points: Speed (m/s) Total drag (kW) ---------------------------- 15.00 -7.99 20.00 -19.69 25...
• Re: What stickers do you have on your VAN???
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 17 Jan 2002 11:35:55 -0500
  How about "Campers Wanted"? Bill Kasper <dragonlist@IPMTS.UCSC.EDU>@gerry.vanagon.com> on 01/17/2002 11:25:47 AM Please respond to...
• 1.9l TD Engine torque & power tables, westy drag.
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 21:02:43 -0500
  ...Speed (m/s) Total drag (kW) ---------------------------- 15.00 -7.99 20.00 -19.69 25.00 -34.74 30.00 -53.15 Drag curve...
• Belly Pans for speed or MPG - Some Data
  Historical mailing list - frankgrun
  Sun, 18 May 2008 20:39:49 -0700
  ...We looked at the rear drag profile and undercarriage sealing. For the rear drag issue, we modeled pressure zone profiles and put together three...
• Re: Heavy steering / Tire dragging
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 14:50:56 -0500
  Kurt, I believe all Syncro will have some front tire dragging when you make turns at parking lot speed. That's because the silicon...
• Re: SA heavy duty mud flaps on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:08:53 -0400
  Nice, but the air drag will nock your mileage down to about -3mpg.