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• Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:03:34 -0700
  ...When my TriStar says 94km/h > >on the speedometer I am really doing 100km/h - to get the true odometer, > >multiply distance travelled by...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: 2.6 SA engine kit
  Historical mailing list - Forhan, Thomas
  Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:47:05 -0500
  ...From 20 l/100km to 9l/100km with an average of 15 l/100km. Typically if I drive a steady 110 km/hr on...
• Re: Syncro Oettinger 6 cylinders 3.2 liters wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Jan 1997 02:16:39 +0100
  ...195 Nm / 3200 rpm, 0-100km/h 13,2 sec., max Speed 156 km/h Price 10,239 DM ..... T2500 E Kat Synchro (base...
• Re: Repowering madness, is this workable?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 14:36:14 -0500
  ...I also know it could no > >> longer yield 44.4 mpg at 74.4 mph (5.3liters/100km @ 120 k/hr) as it does...
• Re: petrol consumption
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 14:24:14 -1000
  ...11.2 l/100km [25.2 MPG] in combined highway/city driving. By: Using Optimax high octane (98) unleaded - do you have that in...
• Re: If you can count money, you can use metric.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:28:17 -0800
  ...I routinely use liters per 100km and know that my 8.5L/100km that my TDI Vanagon (there's the Vanagon content!) is about...
• Re: gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Tue, 8 Jun 1999 22:37:19 -0700
  ...Our average gas consumption was 20.6 mpgUS (11.8 litre/100km). Larry > > > > > > > > rob passehl wrote: > > > > > > > > > what kind of gas milage should i expect...
• Re: Was: ...talk me out of buying diesel Vanagon?.... Now: gear ratios
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sat, 19 Jan 2008 21:37:41 -0800
  ...Both give about 3300rpm at 100km/h - > 62mph > > or > > > > so with 195/75R14 tires IIRC. The gear ratio chart is on my website > (see...
• Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 21:07:53 -0700
  ...When my TriStar says 94km/h >on the speedometer I am really doing 100km/h - to get the true >odometer, multiply distance travelled by...
• Re: Water temp warning light flashing
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Fri, 14 Nov 2014 09:38:54 -0700
  ...Driving another 100km to a safe place to check and top off the system didn't produce any problems - but but the temperature gauge...
• Tales from Europe the VW camper shape and ailments (part 4)
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:07:10 -0700
  ...Hwy it seems to use about 12-13l/100km, which is reasonable compared to my 94 gas westy at home. While the Diesel uses...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Glen
  Mon, 8 Jul 2002 09:31:47 +1000
  ...On a hot day on the open road it runs at a constant 230-250F, even hotter if I push it over 100km/h...
• Re: Supercharged Westy Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:24:43 -0700
  ...lbs of torque on this setup! Fuel economy is 9.5L/100km with is a little better than 30mpg. Sorry, but a gasoline engine...
• Re: [TDI-conversion] Fast Forward's "undercover" TDI project for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:58:15 -0800
  ...My average for my very heavy Syncro Tristar is 8.5L per 100km. This is about 27 US MPG or about 33 Imperial MPG...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion: Digifant Comment
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 21:05:17 -0700
  ...Fuel consumption at a constant 100km/h is 6L/100km. .71 5th, 3.94 R+P I have to say that CIS also easier...
• Coolant loss in expansion tank but not fill tank
  Historical mailing list - Pam McIntosh
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 17:07:21 +0000
  ...stop & go etc) The temperature did not go above normal (on 100km highway drive or around the city). The overflow tank did not go...
• Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Dor�
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:09:22 -0400
  ...Then a few days later it would do the same but begin to stay illuminated faintly while cruising at 100km/h (if I had...
• Re: Does your Vanagon "ride happy"
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:06:42 +1100
  ...gets the same mileage it has always done since new...10L/100kms. It was sooooo nice to be back in the Kombi....Made me...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 12:42:47 -0400
  David: 100km/hr is only 60 MPH! TEMiller ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Marshall" <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday, July...
• SUV and Vanagon (story)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Mon, 21 Feb 2000 16:24:55 -0800
  ...21L/100kms or about 12mpg. My wife's TD Passat uses exactly a third and my syncro uses about 60% of that amount. Can...
• Re: Snow tires, Police, getting stopped, etc.
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Nov 1998 18:30:39 -0800
  ...My answer - revv revv!! Did I have fun - revv revv!! The last comment was that the speed limit in Alberta was only 100km/h...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - B Monk
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:43:54 -0800
  ...Touareg has 313hp - the *Diesel* will win in a 0 to 100km/h sprint as it > has 553ft.lbs or torque at 1800 rpm...
• Hansen brake kits #5
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 5 Feb 2001 21:09:03 +1200
  ...whet they MAY do is take the van for 5 >immediately-consecutive crash-stops from 100kmh, to see if the braking is >strong enough...
• Re: Aircooled vanagon acceptable oil temperature / timing problem?
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Sun, 7 Jul 2002 16:54:03 -0700
  ...On a hot day on the open > road it runs at a constant 230-250F, even hotter if I push it over 100km/h...
• Re: Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:34:04 -0700
  ...Then a > few days later it would do the same but begin to stay illuminated > faintly while cruising at 100km/h (if I had...
• Re: Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Justin M. Mayrand
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:32:25 -0400
  ...Then a > few days later it would do the same but begin to stay illuminated > faintly while cruising at 100km/h (if I had...
• Re: Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:40:24 -0400
  ...the page of this web site you can convert >> liters per 100km, to miles per US gallons: >> >> http://www.milesgallon.com/converting_miles_to...
• Re: Vanagon not as fast as you think
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Tue, 7 Sep 2004 05:44:53 +0000
  ...When my TriStar says 94km/h > >on the speedometer I am really doing 100km/h - to get the true > >odometer, multiply distance travelled by...
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the transmission...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 19:24:30 -0700
  ...150km/h (5200 RPM) - who drives that fast? I can maintain 100km/h with no problem even going up the steepest of hills by...
• roof: returned home with complete westfalia top
  Historical mailing list - pedro dos santos
  Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:19:04 -0700
  ...I could not go over 100Km/h. I guess an empty van does not help either. The top was heavier than the bottom this...
• BC trip aborted after 300km :( :( . 1.9l TD engine runs hot.
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 1 Jul 2012 11:27:58 -0700
  ...I was driving 90-100km/h (55-60mph) and the wind made that require 30-35kw, so about 30-40% more than if no...
• Re: one van for two people... part 2
  Historical mailing list - Tobin Copley
  Fri, 21 Nov 2003 10:47:30 -0800
  ...I'm never taking my H*nda 100km up main line logging roads, nor 20km up decommissioned logging roads to get to good camp...
• Tales from Europe and the dream of a mint VW camper (part 2).
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 15 Feb 2007 10:49:56 -0700
  ...Ooops, turns out that for some reason the most promising looking listings were on a great circle with approximately 100km radius away from Munich...
• Re: Engine Performance vs Tire Size/Comments Redux
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 21:24:54 -0800
  ...I don't need to go faster than 130km/h and I can maintain 100km/h on the flats and 80km/h on the...
• Re: NVC Re: VW gave diesel drivers what they wanted!
  Historical mailing list - James
  Fri, 2 Oct 2015 15:29:16 -0400
  ...I know a diesel Passat owner who averages 4.1 L/100km, 58 mpg) and great power and great emissions, is technically impossible. A...
• Re: Camping w/ 2 year old - suggestions
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Steele
  Tue, 3 Jan 2006 07:28:11 -0500
  ...Park... $22 Flawed rail guard...$19 MediVac flight to Nearest hospital (100km)... $6K Uninjured, sleeping child........PRICELESS I got up several times that night...
• Re: [Syncro] How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:12:52 -0700
  ...I need to install a new transmission in my camper. > > The tires are 215/85R16 - circa 30.3" tall > > With a GPS reading 100km...
• The maiden {again} voyage.
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Wed, 20 Aug 2014 14:05:43 -0300
  ...I have not worked out our precise fuel {dis}economy, but am anticipating 14-15 l/100km (around 16 miles/usg) ... motivation to continue...
• Re: RX7 oil cooler, anybody else install one?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 29 May 2002 01:17:04 -0500
  ...Cruising along at 100km/h on the flats it is about 105C and driving up a long 8 to 10 degree grade I can...
• 1.9TD with EGT / Oil Temp / Boost Test Drive Results
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 19:07:21 -0800
  ...the temps would immediately go down, driving on the flats at 100km/h (62 mph) was resulting in 230 (450F) to 320C (600F) EGTs...
• Re: Syncro vs automatic gaz consumption, with same engine and tires!
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:30:57 -0400
  ...the page of this web site you can convert > >> liters per 100km, to miles per US gallons: > >> > >> http://www.milesgallon.com/converting_miles_to...
• Re: [Syncro] I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
  Historical mailing list - Jurgen E. Pichler
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:37:55 -0800
  ...towing capacity - 0 to 100 mph in 7 seconds - 10L per 100km highway fuel consumption - Top speed limited to 250km/h - Xenon headlights - Onboard...
• Re: [Syncro] How do you tell if you have 4.86 or 5.43 differentials?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:56:00 -0400
  ...I need to install a new transmission in my camper. > > > > The tires are 215/85R16 - circa 30.3" tall > > > > With a GPS reading 100km...
• Re: Buying a new VW - anyone have salesperson advice?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:10:56 -0700
  ...I know that they have about a $7000 to $8000 mark-up. #### No truck is going to get 4.8L per 100km nor haul...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:30:21 -0800
  ...Touareg has 313hp - the *Diesel* will win in a 0 to 100km/h sprint as it > has 553ft.lbs or torque at 1800 rpm...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: TIICO vs. CA
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 21:44:55 -0800
  ...that it would take 5 Golfs to equal the pollution per 100km that one Suburban produces... If you really want to get down to...
• Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:08:03 -0800
  ...10L to 11L per 100km on the highway is typical, which is about as good as my R-TDI Westfalia gets when I drive...
• UK Summary trip report
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 06:28:04 -0700
  ...The large Syncro fuel tank and 7.7l/100kms meant about 800 or 900 kms between fuel stops. We had a great time, especially...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 22:26:16 -0800
  ...The V8 gasoline Touareg has 350hp and the V10 Diesel Touareg has 313hp - the *Diesel* will win in a 0 to 100km/h sprint...
• Made it to vancouver. Was Re: Lost fresh water drain plug
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Wed, 6 Aug 2008 08:39:00 -0700
  ...The 1.9TD conversion ran quite miserly at 8l/100km on this part, but worsened to 9l on the Coqhilla (sp) highway and Hwy...
• Re: [turbovans] 1.9TD with EGT / Oil Temp / Boost Test Drive Results
  Historical mailing list - Buffalo 66
  Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:19:33 -0800
  ...the temps would > immediately go down, driving on the flats at 100km/h > (62 mph) was resulting > in 230 (450F) to 320C (600F) EGTs...
• Bostig Conversion Unabashed (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Allan
  Thu, 29 May 2008 00:10:40 -0400
  ...Fuel economy was 12 l/100km or just short of 24 miles per imperial gallon. The Zetec engine with its increase in power gives...
• Re: California law (smog)
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 1 Feb 2007 10:27:23 -0800
  ...B9 Tribeca fuel consumption in mpg (L/100km): Urban 16.5 (17.1). Extra Urban 29.7 (9.5). Combined 23.0 (12.3...
• Re: I did the ultimate upgrade for Christmas!
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:32:02 -0800
  ...10L > to 11L per 100km on the highway is typical, which is about as good as my > R-TDI Westfalia gets when I drive...
• Parts Sources for the TDI Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Mon, 23 Feb 1998 19:24:07 -0500
  ...What was Martin's result? The milage he got from the first tankful was 7,6 Liter/100km, or 31mpg. /Martin -- Martin Jagersand email...
• my anecdotes form Germany (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:48:52 -0800
  ...VW has the Polo and the Lupo (2.9L/100km with 3cyl TDI engine) which are smaller than the Golf. The new Beetle does...
• Re: Our new 1982 A-C M/T Vanagon/Westfalia. Questions and concerns.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:36:10 -0700
  ...Then a > few days later it would do the same but begin to stay illuminated > faintly while cruising at 100km/h (if I had...
• Re: HELP! Which Westy to buy for engine swap?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 19 Jul 1998 10:57:40 -0700
  ...I use a Diesel transmission in my Rabbit PU with a 150hp 2.0L motor and it really moves and get about 6L/100km...
• Re: Are Today's Young People Mechanical Nitwits?
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:22:20 -0700
  ...to date with consumption, if I remember > correctly, of > 4.5l/100km, which is about 52mpg. The 800cc engine helped. > > On Fri, Aug 15...
• Re: Coolant loss in expansion tank but not fill tank
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:58:52 -0500
  ...stop & go etc) The > temperature did not go above normal (on 100km highway drive or around the > city). The overflow tank did not go...