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• Re: aerodynamics, was: 101 MPH Vanagon!
  Historical mailing list - Darren Lastfogel
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 13:52:10 -0400
  ...Another's member's claim of 140 kph (87.23 mph) would require 84.5 hp. To push it to the round imperial figure...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:06:10 -0700
  ...in the US Market as opposed to Canadian and European Markets. KPH models *may* have had the clusters complete, but I have no documentation...
• Todd Hill: Syncro under load vibration
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Sun, 4 Oct 1998 23:30:19 -0700
  ...At 120 Kph the van is very smooth. I had the clutch and throwout replaced last year. I asked if the inner CV's...
• Eurobago - Long Trip
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Wed, 26 Aug 1998 09:27:03 PDT
  ...Never exceeded 105 kph, but reached Oregon in exactly 48 hours! Dan (whiteline fever) Herbert 1995 Eurovan Winnebago ======================================================================= Daniel R. Herbert Manager, Computer Services...
• Re: vanagon top speed - more info
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sat, 4 Sep 2004 14:42:13 -0500
  ...Another's member's claim of 140 kph (87.23 mph) would require 84.5 hp. To push it to the round imperial figure...
• Re: '89 Westy - Canadian?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:53:04 -0800
  ...panel with a > Synchro instrument panel? (It's in MPH not KPH). > > Any pointers to a new speedo cable for this thing would be...
• Re: Neil's WA/OR/09 Trip
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:09:14 -0700
  ...I had and still have to a lesser degree, a subtle, but noticeable, vibration at 80 KPH. Likely due to wheels. He explained that...
• Re: WTB: odometer/instrument cluster for 86-91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Fri, 10 Jul 1998 22:41:59 -0700
  ...labeled "1600" while the others use one labeled "800" or "810". KPH versions are labeled "1000" and "500". This relates to the number of...
• Re: Fuel Saver ?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 26 Feb 2006 21:11:12 -0800
  ...Vanagon passing by (about 50 kph) as I was stopped at traffic light. It was belching, I mean really belching blue smoke from exhaust...
• propshaft excitement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 6 Jul 2012 08:00:31 -0700
  ...has any effect on a very slight driveline vibe at 60 kph. This mod was described in both the 80-90 (UK) and IG16...
• Frankfurt Auto show
  Historical mailing list - Henry C. Luhrs
  Wed, 17 Sep 1997 12:50:18 -0400
  ...We got it up to 200 KPH (120 MPH) on the autobahn. I think that it would be a great upgrade for my Vanagon...
• Joel-meister, change the statz!
  Historical mailing list - Bren Smith
  Sat, 18 May 1996 15:17:02 -0700
  ...The speedometer is in KPH only, and there's lots of German stickers throughout the interior. One for tire pressure, another for what the...
• Re: Carbs on my '91 Westie Syncro---"The Story"
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Wed, 25 Mar 1998 05:55:33 -0800
  ...I forget if the car had a balance pipe between the carbs. >Also at 110 kph (65 ish mph) there is > a small vibration...
• Drafting (was Re: Engine to auto-tranny match and the Indy 500
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:59:59 -0400
  ...In the past I found it hard to stay with a truck going faster than 115 KPH. The downside of drafting is the reduced...
• Re: Air cooled head temps. Help!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 28 Aug 2007 17:54:38 -0700
  ...Try second gear at 25 MPH (40 KPH) instead. The motor is in a stronger place and by turning faster will pump more cooling...
• New manifold and carb report
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 30 May 2003 18:51:09 -0700
  ...mpg (11 L/100kms) at highway speeds of 65 mph (115 kph) at about 3600 to 3800 rpms. Not bad for syncro westy at...
• Import CDN Spec 91 VW Westfalia to USA
  Historical mailing list - bnimmo
  Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:46:21 -0500
  ...The KPH limit of the CDN speedometer face? 3. Someone's experience doing this import exercise? 4. Where I can get a new MPH...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:05:59 -0700
  ...is for the Canadian list members, since I didn't do > kph. :>) > > Gabriel > > At 10:35 AM 8/17/2005 -0400, Roger Sisler wrote...
• Re: Visual EGR on Smog Check?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Wed, 21 Apr 2004 06:48:37 -0700
  ...for failure on this part > of the test but haven't found anything. > > Anybody have any thoughts, ideas, comments, recommendations? > > Thanks in advance, > kph
• Re: 1990 Carat with Analogue Clock?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:15:58 -0700
  ...The speedo looks like it has KPH and MPH markings but I can't really tell. Even if it does, not sure if that...
• Re: I need advice/help getting a letter of conformity
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 00:33:15 -0800
  ...Canadian market vanagons and US market vanagons is the speedometer says KPH instead of MPH, and the e-brake warning light to the left...
• Re: Top speed of a vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Sun, 19 Mar 2000 14:57:33 -0500
  Actually, I believe that 157 kph would translate to about 94.2 mph, which would put the rpm's somewhere around 4823.04. Where...
• warning, check your driver!!! (was:Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 May 2002 09:45:07 EDT
  ...thinking KPH is MPH while taking your van to the "detail shop" ... come on.. ;<P "pinky, thor, and paco" or Larry , Curly and Moe...
• Re: smart car
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 19 Jul 2007 10:56:13 -0600
  Keep up with freeway traffic...? The ones they sell here in Canada are governed at 135 kph (84 mph). The europeans get even faster...
• Re: Tire Choice Question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:33:51 -0800
  ...Speeds are 90 kph Mark Keller 91 Carat
• SPOKE TOO SOON: tachometer and plastic instrument cluster housing
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Michael Gronski
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 14:36:07 -0400
  ...for about $129 for the whole > > cluster. > > > It includes a new KPH speedo. It's a good deal. I got one and used parts...
• 14 hours in a splittie...
  Historical mailing list - Eric Oster
  Mon, 15 May 1995 04:33:05 -0700 (PDT)
  ...hours! No horrible cramps, sore neck, etc. (YMMV, of course!) I rarely exceeded 53 MPH (~78 KPH), however. Eric Oster (ekoman@u.washington.edu)
• Re: '86 Doublecab on ebay..in PA.. one day left..at $4500 now..
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 5 Mar 2005 12:29:08 -0800
  ...Typically going from KPH to MPH. The result is many get new or used speedos which are not likely to have the same mileage...
• Re: Conversions and common sense observations
  Historical mailing list - HERMANN DE BOER
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 20:35:55 -0500
  ...Unless you mean 90 kph! > > Karl -- Stuart MacMillan Seattle '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1 '65 MGB (Driven since 1969) '74 MGB GT (Restoring...
• Re: My "New" 1988 Westy!
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 4 May 2012 22:25:01 -0700
  ...Like going up my driveway it bogged, but going up the "cut", (a fairly steep highway bit), it held 80 KPH in 3rd much...
• Re: CS diesel block with turbo-charger
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 8 Dec 1996 02:06:46 -0500
  ...Vanagon out for a prolonged drive at say >60 mph (100 kph) ? Any compression or ring problems to date? I have had it setup...
• Re: fastest vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Cory Sammons
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 23:43:58 -0400
  ...fastest vanagon > Austria, 1981, 145 KPH, brand new orange Vanagon, euro-spec, insane driver, > lots of luggage, 7 scared passengers plus one delighted 13...
• 6,000 km trip: No Problems
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 29 Aug 1998 15:36:38 PDT
  ...I cruised about 110 kph (by the speedo) or about 3,600 revs. We see much more on the 2 lane roads and as...
• Re: Stalls when hot. won't restart. 1.9 wbx
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 20 Jul 2004 09:36:58 -0700
  ...I had just driven across down then about 10 km down a 70 kph > stretch to the next bedroom community. Coming off a stop...
• Re: Old Volks Home Cluster Retrofit Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Davis
  Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:51:10 -0700
  ...in the US > Market > as opposed to Canadian and European Markets. KPH models *may* have > had the > clusters complete, but I have no documentation...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - Marshall
  Sun, 12 May 2002 21:39:00 -0500
  ...fastest guys on earth--and it's measured in MPH--not KPH-- ( Bonneville salt flat's ) Why is that? The metric system is kind...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:08:03 -0400
  ...models have E-4 headlights w/ washers, no emergency flasher switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light reflectors, no concave passenger side...
• EV Winnebago - First Road Trip Report (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Tue, 26 Mar 1996 13:24:51 -0500
  ...3300 rpm at 100 kph. Don't listen to idiot reviewers who call it underpowered - with careful breakin and the 5-speed box, the...
• Re: 91 overheating & temp guage question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 8 Sep 1999 23:49:25 -0400
  ...engine? > > At first I was understanding as I was going 5 KPH in granny gear on a hot > day (33 C) for 20 minutes...
• Re: No start after temp II replacement - conclusion
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 15:59:15 -0800
  ...just wouldn't warm up - even after cruising along at 80 kph for >about 45 min. This is why I thought that perhaps the...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mundy
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:59:54 +1000
  ...My 89 Dashboard has the following * KPH Speedometer(Metric) * Large clock * Dynamic Oil Pressure Switch mounted on the back of the Speedometer integrated into...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Mundy
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:17:40 +1000
  ...My 89 Dashboard has the following * KPH Speedometer(Metric) * Large clock * Dynamic Oil Pressure Switch mounted on the back of the Speedometer integrated into...
• Re: FS: 5 Speed Diesel Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:50:08 -0500
  ...Even with larger tires I would bounce it off the rev limiter all day long at 110-115 kph. On the other hand, it...
• Re: 97 EV's
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 18 Dec 1996 11:11:14 -0800
  ...Canadian vans had speedometers that read only in KPH and odometers that read in KM. The odometer is acceptable to USDOT, but the spedometer...
• Re: LT28 Sighting / TDI Beetle Driving Impressions
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 18:24:12 -0700
  ...I had no trouble maintaining 160 kph on the highway. All this >with excellent fuel economy and a Cdn$23,000 price tag (US...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:09:59 -0400
  ...models have E-4 headlights w/ washers, no emergency flasher > switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light reflectors, no concave > passenger side...
• Re: syncro prop shaft alignment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 May 2010 18:38:57 -0700
  ...be used to determine the alignment of the front diff and > rear transmission in my syncro (which still has minor vibes around 60 > kph) > >
• Re: Trip last weekend
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 21 Jun 2015 12:58:07 -0700
  ...Vehicle speed on the logging road probably averages around 30 kph, I don't want to bash the van too much and the roads...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:22:25 -0400
  ...My 89 Dashboard has the following * KPH Speedometer(Metric) * Large clock * Dynamic Oil Pressure Switch mounted on the back of the Speedometer integrated into...
• 1.9 TD performance upgrades prove successful: 95 mph??
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 01:19:31 -0400
  ...Nothing that outstanding, until you realize that with the wheels/tire combo, the speedo is under-driven by almost 10%, which means 154 kph...
• Re: Fuel Saver ?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:13:52 -0600
  ...Vanagon passing by (about 50 > kph) as I was stopped at traffic light. It was belching, I mean really > belching blue smoke from exhaust...
• Re: Tachometer retrofit: 85 to 86 (Long Message)
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 10 Jul 2002 22:11:36 -0400
  ...the back of the Speedometer. > >My 89 Dashboard has the following > >* KPH Speedometer(Metric) >* Large clock >* Dynamic Oil Pressure Switch mounted on the back...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel Advice
  Historical mailing list - Theodore Hoekman
  Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:58:12 -0400
  ...I normally cruised around 55mph/90 kph. > > The 1.6L is heavily stressed and tend not to last very long in that > configuration. I...
• Re: syncro prop shaft alignment
  Historical mailing list - Bill Glenn
  Mon, 24 May 2010 03:35:44 -0400
  ...be used to determine the alignment of the front diff and >> rear transmission in my syncro (which still has minor vibes around 60 >> kph) >> >>
• Re: Westie Propane Gauge? (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Dan Herbert
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 18:15:46 -0500
  ...automatically from the LED panel? (Presumably while making coffee at 100 kph on cruise control?) On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 11:42:46 -0500...
• Nova Scotia to Michigan: trip report
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 19 May 2008 08:47:40 -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: There's a New Wheel in Town... Almost
  Historical mailing list - Howard Allen
  Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:22:12 -0400
  ...5) FWIW I have a 91 syncro westy with stock tranny and stock 14" rims with Agilis tyres (about 3200 rpm at 100 kph...
• Re: Issue w/ 90 Euro spec doka heating levers
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:39:41 -0700
  ...models have E-4 headlights w/ washers, no > emergency flasher switch, KPH instead of MPH, no rear side light > reflectors, no concave passenger side...
• Re: OT Generations of Passats, was "adjustable intermittent relay"
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:48:35 -0500
  ...first generation Passat in Germany back in > 1980 (max sped 162 kph) I can tell you it wasn't an Audi 80/90. Maybe...
• Re: Back from trip
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 31 Aug 2021 18:16:12 -0700
  ...I was flat out, 100-110 kph. At that sustained speed the oil temp just nudged over 100. Maybe 105. Oil pressure at that...