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• Re: I get no respect
  Historical mailing list - Ian Butler
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 02:30:42 -0400
  ...four-lane affair, semi-major 40mph road in Ann Arbor. I was going 40 in the left lane, and seeing a traffic slowdown ahead...
• Re: 4th Gear Ratio Swaps?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 24 Dec 2003 16:39:32 -0800
  ...It takes the same HP to go 70mph whether you are doing 4000 rpm or 3600 so gearing for the lower rpm can't...
• Re: New Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:30:23 -0700
  ...The 172 hp version will follow shortly after at about 7200. A 205 hp (at the wheels) supercharged version will follow 6-8 months...
• Re: Power wiring/headlights
  Historical mailing list - Davidson
  Fri, 11 Dec 1998 12:03:06 -0800
  ...AL_KNOLL@HP-Roseville-om2.om.hp.com > To: wdavidson@JPS.NET > Cc: KNOLL_AL/HP-Roseville_om2@venus.rose.hp.com > Subject: Power...
• Re: vanagon top speed - more info
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 14:42:13 -0500
  ...Speed (mph) Total drag (hp) 33.67 -10.72 44.89 -26.41 56.11 -46.59 67.33 -71.25 78.55 -102...
• Can I replace a Solex 28 PICT with 30 PICT 2?
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 9 Jun 1996 14:34:21 +0200
  My 1961 40 hp SAE bus was converted to 12 volts by the P.O. As a result, I have no choke. I can...
• Re: subaru conversion
  Historical mailing list - Road Camper
  Wed, 28 Mar 2001 23:14:09 -0800
  Well I love VW'S, and I love to pass anemic Vanagons with my 130 hp Subaru powered Wolfsburg. -s >From: CHRIS STANN <cstann3...
• Re: Question on Waterboxer Power vs transplants.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 30 May 2001 23:28:47 -0700
  ...240 HP), and the two audi 5 cyl. SA engines VW uses in the vanagon. My favorite: coyote's WBX with the ratio rockers...
• Diesel conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rogers
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 22:11:25 -0700
  ...I have rebuilt the engines in & driven many 40 hp vans which weren't much better. The 1500's & 1600's were getting more...
• My two Cents on Subaru vs Stock w/ Nitrous
  Historical mailing list - mark keller
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 17:56:15 -0400
  ...This translates into say a Subaru engine that was stressed, to produce about 10 hp constantly, to it now being required to push 40...
• Re: Subaru motors
  Historical mailing list - Craig Spaeth
  Sun, 28 Jan 2001 18:10:10 -0800
  ...some kind of max hp for Japan), the article I read stated that it was probably closer to 400hp! The Subarus site has some...
• Re: Dodge Sprinter - Ultimate Dreambus!!!
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 6 Jun 2003 09:36:05 -0700
  ...The Mercedes-Benz engine also generates 154 > hp @ 3,800 rpm and 243 lb.-ft. of torque @ 1,600-2,400 rpm." > >
• Re: difference's between model years
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 26 Sep 2014 10:34:50 -0700
  ...First vans were air cooled (continued the use of the 2.0 70 hp Type 2 engine and no heat) and 1.6 diesel...
• Re: /f die silberne schnecke
  Historical mailing list - harald.nancy
  Thu, 2 Oct 1997 08:06:07 -0700
  ...blind-worm or slow-worm. > matching name for a 6 Volt 40 hp-car. > but when you call your vanagon die silberne schnecke, i...
• Re: I'm picking up my 99 Eurovan Camper on Sat
  Historical mailing list - Mark Gajewski
  Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:49:13 -0400
  ...Plus, think how fast you could go with 140 hp, almost seems un-VW like :-). JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: > In a message dated 98...
• Re: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more), in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 10:50:29 -0400
  ...45 % mean your getting about 135 HP out of a WB. NO Chance that this motor would stay together very long. No bolt on...
• Anyone have Turbo ... factory WRX torque figures here
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:21:49 +1200
  ...55 3000-120 4000-197 5000-230 6000-270 6500-280 7000-277 7500-267 PS is slightly more than hp, so 280ps =~290hp...
• Re: For Sale--91 Multivan--JUST 40k
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 25 Jul 2001 23:16:41 -0500
  Wow, what a nice van !!! What a nice price !!! OUCH !! Let's analyze this situation------- A brand new MV with 200 hp, can be...
• Re: Yes!! finally!! an audi 5cyl into an automatic vanagon!! :< ....
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Nov 1998 20:42:49 EST
  ...Anyone discuss the 40K service on the 5CYL engine? As I recall "Resurfacing Exhaust Manifold" was one of the service procedures:( NOT a job...
• Re: VW Trends and Eurospec
  Historical mailing list - Captain Ray Nemo
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 19:59:34 -0800
  ...There was only one story by this idiot who talks about waterboxers only lasting 40,000 miles and how he wanted to burn his...
• Re: TIICO vs. hot rod WBX
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:04:11 -0400
  ...valve size.........thus it appeared to have a serious gain in HP and torque over the stock motor . A fair comparison is a 2...
• Re: Project Vanagon Dyno Results & Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 23 Oct 2004 08:50:13 -0500
  ...As best I can interpolate the computer graph, I had 50 hp at 2500 and still had close to 80 hp at 5500rpm. Torque...
• Re: Running a second inverter
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 23:25:10 -0700
  ...Running a second inverter > Mark, > > One thing about the HP printers and any laser printer for that > matter. > During power up, they draw 2...
• saw a 1996 VW bug at the jamboree
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Henricks
  Sun, 18 Aug 1996 21:08:35 -0700 (PDT)
  ...he told me that the pump would not saverly hamper my 40 HP motor. i still do not beleve that. anyway, it was neet...
• Re: 6 broken alternator in 3 yrs - possible root cause
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:48:28 -0500
  ...Got about 40-50 amps out out this. Found a three phase 10 Hp motor (we are talking some real Hp here). Was finally...
• Re: Rust treatment, or repair? please read (a little too long)
  Historical mailing list - Thom Fitzpatrick
  Sat, 16 Mar 1996 09:34:27 -0800
  ...I have a 5 hp air >compressor in my home garage, and a Harbor Freight plastic shoulder carried >blaster that holds 10 lbs of...
• Re: Help with 93 EV.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 25 Jul 2003 13:49:58 -0600
  ...The one thing that I can't understand is > that this is a 2.5l engine rated at 109 hp! What is up with...
• Re: Need TDI conversion info
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 09:50:05 +0300
  ...111 kW; 115 hp app.. 85 kW) >Anyway, what I'm trying to get at is that these >engines will be considerably more expensive...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:58:37 -0500
  ...0 L four cyl 269 hp engine has just been shown by VW. And the thing > gets 40-50 mpg. > > Thats all i can...
• Subaru 2.2L / WBX HP and Torque Graph Compared
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Tue, 4 Jun 2002 02:36:51 -0700
  ...Finally the illusive HP and torque graphs for the 90-94 Subaru 2.2L engine have been found .......in a very interesting technical paper...
• Re: New T3 - engine options.
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 10:27:42 -0800
  ...Daryl of AA Transaxle (425) 788-4070 aatransaxle.com 86 Syncro Westy Zetec in the trunk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raimund Feussner" <ray@V6BUS.DE...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Brian McClure
  Wed, 30 May 2001 21:40:16 EDT
  ...Best thing I ever did!! 40 more hp 22mpg around town- no leaks no problems. Open the hatch every other month to make sure...
• Re: Where NOT to take your Volkswagen in SE MI
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Feb 2003 23:19:11 -0600
  on 2/24/03 9:18 PM, ian Butler at ian@BLUEMOON.HPLX.NET wrote: > In short, I got charged an hour's labor...
• I'll bite on the diesel conversion thread..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 Dec 2006 21:27:44 -0800
  ...your elbows and start rocking front and back, urging along all 40 hp?.. I'd take a test drive in a Normal aspirated diesel...
• [Syncro] For Sale in Europe, '86 VW Syncro full camper, 112 HP, F/R difflocks, on/off road tires, petrol heater, great shape (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:37:03 -0700
  ...VAN - 112 HP petrol DigiJet engine, rebuilt in Germany 90K kilometers ago - Differential locks front AND rear - Gearbox rebuilt less than 40K kilometers ago...
• 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: Stainless Exhaust
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:12:30 PST
  ...http://www.hpcoatings.com/exhaust.html http://swaintech.com/header.html (I got all my parts: heads, head sealing surface, pistons, bearings, valves, coated...
• Re: Eurospec problems
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 11:56:39 -0700
  ...At 02:40 PM 17/10/1999 -0400, John wrote: >David Marshall wrote: >> >> Volkswagen never made the schematic for the Digifant ECU available to...
• Re: Waterboxer Power vs transplants
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 17:07:37 EDT
  ...out: > > The 93-later Golf-Jetta 2.0 is 115 hp @5,400 rpm, and 136 ft lb. of torque > at 3,200 rpm...
• Re: Powering a 110V A/C
  Historical mailing list - Mark B. Magee
  Thu, 9 Apr 1998 07:16:44 -0500
  ...For those of you who don't know, > they're small stand-alone units powered by 110VAC, 4000BTU using 400 > watts of power. Anyway...
• Re: Mercedes 5cyl 300TD in vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 00:03:59 +1300
  >Righto! Why all the blather about higher and higher HP little whizbang >engines, when what a VANAGON needs is high TORQUE, at lower rpm...
• Re: Turbo charging Vanagons
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 19 Dec 2002 16:30:39 -0600
  I see complete Turbo engines in lots of Wrecking Yard Cars for around $400.00 I concede that an engine built for a Turbo...
• Engine Efficiency (was Re: Re[2]: 12volt electric heaters)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 9 Feb 1995 11:52:04 -0500
  > and he confirmed that the internal combustion engine is about 40% > efficient on a good day which gives us about 70 HP lost in...
• Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer?
  Historical mailing list - Barry E. Muller
  Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:33:54 -0500
  ...Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Kinda-Friday has anyone built a diesel boxer? It seems to me that you may...
• Re: New diesel from VW
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 11:54:18 -0600
  ...0 L four cyl 269 hp engine has just been shown by VW. And the thing > > gets 40-50 mpg. > > > > Thats all i can...
• Re: [F] EV GT?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 20:25:08 -0500 (EST)
  ...Engine - detuned Audi IMSA 5 cylinder 20V turbo - 350 hp Drive train - Audi Quatro Rally 4WD system Suspension - Double wishbone suspension front and rear...
• Re: WBX in Porsche
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:31:03 -0500
  ...Oh, I googled > and > found this: > 88-91 2700 2672 145@5200 156@4000 ER-27 XT6 (coolest of all 2 valve) > is posted...
• Running a second inverter
  Historical mailing list - Mark C
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 18:04:32 -0700
  Referencing my post on Printing w HP1020 off a Deep Cycle Battery, I guess one solution would be to run one inverter off the...
• Tires, Uni laredo, Yokohama etc
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Wed, 26 Feb 97 9:32:24 PST
  ...alf@hpptc38.rose.hp.com / __/ __/ ______/ ___________________________________/
• Re: TIICO vs. hot rod WBX
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sat, 27 Apr 2002 07:03:18 -0500
  What doesn't make sense in this argument, to me at least, is how you can get more HP from air alone and not...
• Re: Electric Supercharger
  Historical mailing list - Calle
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 10:20:54 +0100
  ...in the engine area when I turn it on And 30-40 hp more on the wheels - watch out Vipers ! :-) Calle ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more), in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:40:31 -0400
  ...Re: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more), in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM Sorry to rain on your party Bob, but I have...
• Re: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more),in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 10:19:10 -0700
  ...45 % mean your getting about 135 HP out of a WB. NO Chance that > this motor would stay together very long. No bolt on...
• VW Vandals & Darwin fish
  Historical mailing list - Larry R. MacPhee
  Fri, 1 Sep 1995 11:16:39 -0700
  ...Box 1618-HP Soquel, CA 95073 Phone:408-425-7675 Fax: 408-458-2420 E-mail: rof@backporch.com LMACPHE@cello.gina.calstate.edu...
• Re: Cheap emergency gas can for INSIDE your van (Was: Mercedes gas can for spare tire)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 10:28:28 -0800
  I wouldn't recommend it but I ran my 40 HP Beetle about 5 miles on a mixture of kerosene, diesel, lacquer thinner, mineral...
• Re: [WetWesties] Vanagon AC
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Mon, 18 Feb 2002 10:31:20 +0000
  ...Cookeville, Tennessee ICQ# 5944649 scm9985@tntech.edu '78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR...
• Re: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more), in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM
  Historical mailing list - Yann Buchanan
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:23:01 -0700
  ...Wednesday, October 20, 1999 5:59 AM Subject: "Increase the HP, up to 45%(or more), in your Wasserboxer" CD-ROM >I am thinking...
• New T5 auto review English translation
  Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
  Thu, 13 Mar 2003 16:17:45 -0800
  ...Page 5 Technical data (Datenblatt) Multivan 2.5 TDI, inline 5, 2460 cubic cm, 174 hp at 3500 rpm, 400 nm (torque) at 2000...
• Re: Power output of actual vans? (long)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:52:15 -0700
  ...Since we spend most time in the 3000-4000 rpm range, how much power is available at 7000 rpm does not really matter very...
• Re[2]: 12volt electric heaters
  Historical mailing list
  9 Feb 95 11:22
  ...the internal combustion engine is about 40% efficient on a good day which gives us about 70 HP lost in heat etc. that's...