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• Re: '80 Westfalia-- best way to drive over passes
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 06:20:17 -0800
  ...When spinning at 4000 rpm in 3rd you are moving at close to 52 mph. 3000 rpm will be close to 39 mph. 5000...
• Re: Van Died @ 70 MPH. Why? (Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 25 Aug 2011 09:00:41 -0600
  ...to metal for short burst (less than 1 mile), going >> 70 MPH up hill, van died. Post that on the TIICO Yahoo list and...
• Re: Syncro Vibration problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 12:15:39 -0800
  >| Well I think I have hit the last big problem with this Syncro. >| At about 45 MPH the van vibrates. At 60 MPH, smooths...
• Re: average mpg of the 2.1 L w/automatic
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Demarest
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 12:16:31 EST
  ...I can get 21 or more if I only drive 45 mph and don't have any kayaks on top. I have thought that...
• Re: "True" speed with BFG 27 x 8.5 tires
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Mon, 8 May 2000 11:16:13 +0100
  ...FWIW, I checked my Vanagon using my GPS on a straight highway at 30 and 50 MPH & it was within 3 MPH. (My van...
• Red dots on speedo (was some other thread about fuel gauges)
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:54:15 -0700
  ...dot on the 20 mph >> tick on the speedometer signifies, what the two safety orange dots on the >> 40 mph tick signify, and what...
• Re: air cooled engine alternatives
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Fri, 13 Dec 2002 08:31:14 EST
  ...My old 1.9 WBX could get up to about 93-95 mph before the engine rev limiter kicked in and shut down the...
• Re: CRASH WORTHY??
  Historical mailing list - Bill
  Mon, 27 Apr 1998 21:56:21 -0700
  ...If two vehicles, each going 30 MPH, crash head on, that's a combined speed of impact of 60 MPH. However, suppose one weighs...
• Re: Speed vs rpms w/ AT?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:25:50 -0800
  If a fellow had a defective forward clutch in his AT, would that upset the mph-to-rpm calculations? -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott...
• Re: Trip report -- running at highway speeds
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:43:07 -0500
  ...4400 rpm," "80 mph." > > I guess a waterboxer. Mine (newer 2.1) runs smoothly and nicely at about 3000 rpm, 60 mph on the...
• The Magic number 3600 & Over-optimistic speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 05 Jun 1996 02:23:00 -0700
  ...The mph times seconds per mile always equals 3600, so dividing your stop watch observed seconds between interstate highway mile markers into 3600 tells...
• Re: California Inspection: Day 4
  Historical mailing list - Johnny DeVilla
  Thu, 9 Oct 2003 22:47:11 -0700
  ...Well, do you want to run the test > for > real now? he asks. > > Sure. > SMOG test numbers: > > HC (PPM) > 15 mph - 119 (max 129...
• Re: MPH and MPG
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 May 1997 21:20:31 -0500
  ...1989 Syncro get? How are they on the >highway at 70 mph? I have always gotten 18-20 mpg. Speed and/or use of...
• Was failed now passed CA smog test
  Historical mailing list - Wognacious
  Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:50:04 -0800
  ...15 MPH MAX 131 AVE 43 MEAS 48 MAX 0.87 AVE 0.16 MEAS 0.03 MAX 1085 AVE 406 MEAS 399 25...
• Re: TiiCo engine vs. Eurospec
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:46:03 EDT
  ...I can take third from 15 mph up to 55 mph, fourth 25 mph to 75 mph and fifth from 35 up to 90...
• Extravagant Utility - 3.2-liter 165hp Vanagon. :)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 03 Feb 95 10:35:59 CST
  ...1.8 sec, 76 mph 20.6 sec, 64 mph Standing km: Standing km: 33.9 sec, 94 mph 39.4 sec, 77 mph...
• Re: Vanagon speedo
  Historical mailing list - Robin Oomkes
  Thu, 26 Oct 2000 15:04:30 +0200
  ...If it takes 65 seconds, then you're doing only 55 mph in reality (60 secs /65 secs * 60 mph). If it only takes...
• Re: Towing a Vanagon with a Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:37:27 -0400
  ...then 82 hp implies 2 x 22 mph = 44 mph. considering wind resistance, rolling resistance, power for ancillary equipment, and operation below max 82...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available? FISH
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:50:42 -0400
  ...KMH / MPH speedometer face available? > > >> Listees: >> >> A few years ago, I thought I saw a speedometer calibrated with both MPH >and KPH markings in...
• Zoltan's Porsche engine
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Wed, 2 Dec 2020 18:42:37 +0100
  ...It was great back in ‘86 when it was born but now I am allowed to coast 85 mph here in Hungary. So the...
• Re: Towing Syncro Westy on Rental Trailer
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 1 Jun 2009 11:43:22 -0400
  ...Ryder also specified 45 mph but I "Know" I went faster than that. I usually kept it just over 60 mph and had no...
• Re: thread on underpowered?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu Apr 21 09:22:45 1994
  ...and this is what i found: > >4000 rpm 4.3 min/liter => 18.1 mpg at 67.0 mph Isn't 67mph at 4000...
• Re: Less than 60 mph??? Really?
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Wed, 10 May 2000 16:55:10 -0500
  ...with your van if it is turning >4000 rpm at 60 mph! Michael J. Sullivan Marshfield Hills, MA Central America 2001 or bust! '87...
• Re: what kind of gas milage do you see at 75 MPH
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:51:30 -0400
  ...speeds >> > > I never calculated it, but cruising the superslab at 80 - 85 mph > wherever possible it definately drops to the "it sucks" level. > > Rich
• Re: Syncro vibration woes, seeking inout
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 02:04:13 -0500
  On Tuesday, December 3, 2002, at 08:55 PM, Karl M wrote: > It grows from almost nothing at 10 mph to a peak at...
• cracked heads
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Mon, 27 Nov 2000 19:26:11 -0500
  ...What could cause it to crack or start leaking? I did drive at speeds of 80-85 MPH on my speedo. I know for...
• Re: Vanagon Diesel Advice
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Mon, 29 Apr 2019 18:51:00 -0700
  ...2 of those were in diesel vans most common diesel, DZ trans code stock 810 rev/mile tires, 70 mph in 4th, 4600 rpm...
• Re: How hard can you push a Westy?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Wed, 9 Apr 2003 15:47:36 -0600
  ...Max speed about 55 mph, min speed about 20 mph up hills. I consider it dumb luck that the van made it. On Wed...
• Gearing!?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 5 Oct 2001 11:10:52 -0600
  <html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>Someone recently wrote that they were getting 70 mph out of 3500 rpm. How do you do that...
• Near Death Experience in the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - R. Hotchkiss
  Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:34:48 -0400
  I don't understand how a Vanagon could get a bad rating at 35 mph. I went ice skating in mine at 40 mph...
• Re: acceleration with air cooled
  Historical mailing list - John Brush
  Tue, 26 Mar 2002 21:04:47 -0500
  ...0-100kph (62 mph) 26.7, 1km (1.62 miles) >sprint 42.8 @111.5 kph >Road & Track July 1980, 7-Passenger, 0-60...
• Re: speedo/odo off
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:50:00 -0400
  At 03:38 PM 9/28/2008, Slloth wrote: >My van usually reads 20 to 30 mph to high! I might actually use it...
• Re: unbelievable mpg at 55 mph
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:24:05 -0400
  Driving 55. Thats cutting edge stuff.
• Re: 5 spd tranny
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:37:49 -0500
  ...Yes, I turn a whopping 3400 rpm at a true 70 mph, but that translates to a really low rpm at 50-60 mph...
• Re: Safe RPM's
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:17:42 -0700
  ...I saw a post > earlier where someone said they did 65 mph at 3400 rpm. I have an 89GL > automatic, with alloy wheels, Michelin...
• DARE RE: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care! (It's already Friday here!!)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 01:02:41 +0200
  ...Yarn strips and photos from a car driving alongside at 35 mph and 60 mph. !!!! ---- end snipped - I will Double Dare anyone to try...
• Re: A modern Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 23:32:52 -0500
  > 522 hp, 650 nm, 0-60 in 5 sec, 175 mph top speed. The only engine is in the > rear and it's a...
• Re: Speed
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 21 Nov 2005 11:31:18 -0800
  Don, next time you make one of those 195 mph runs to Seattle, let me know. I'll go to the I-5 overpass...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Ross
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 09:24:10 -0700
  ...mph E = M(55 X 55) 3025M E = M(65 X 65) 4225M E = M(75 X 75) 5625M (that's 9X @ 25 mph...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00:16 -0700
  ...The speedometer must be accurate to within plus or minus 8 km/hr (5 mph) at a speed of 80 km/hr (50 mph...
• Re: MPH and MPG
  Historical mailing list - Chris Wyatt
  Thu, 29 May 1997 17:44:22 -0800 (AKDT)
  ...On the way home we got 24 mpg, the best ever, even with the boat on the roof at 60-65 mph. That flies...
• Re: Double cab for sale/engine longevity
  Historical mailing list - Lastfogel, Darren
  Thu, 2 Sep 2004 10:19:39 -0400
  ...112 mph is very impressive I enjoy going very fast also but the forces that are put on a vanagon at this speed are...
• Re: Screen on pop top canvas.
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Wed, 24 May 2000 20:33:51 -0700
  ...Mine would flatten against the side of the >Westy as soon as it experienced a wind speed of 70 MPH. That becomes >cumulative >in...
• Re: Speedometer repairs '84
  Historical mailing list - Dale G.
  Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:49:30 -0800
  ...Dale On 17 Nov 2002, at 8:25, Jeff Strickrott wrote: <snip> > According to the article, a 1000 rpm > should be 60 mph, but...
• Re: RPM's
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 8 May 2001 10:13:16 -0500
  ...I can't say about RPM of 4000 at 70 MPH. I only turn my engine 4000 RPM getting onto freeways. Sometines use it...
• Re: 1984 Speedos
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:02:41 -0700
  ...My '84 read about 5-6 mph high at 60 mph.� The '85 I replaced it with read about 1 mph high at 60...
• Re: Gearing/rpm
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 11:58:35 -0500
  ...So if they were really doing 65 mph, and I'm was doing 65 mph, somebody WAS NOT doing 65 MPH. Me - or them...
• Re: what the vw waterboxer offers?? wasRe: 85 Westfalia beeping
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 31 May 2001 10:41:06 EDT
  ...Plus when you look at MOST peoples driving with vanagons, how many really drive flat out ALL the time? DO most drive 100 mph...
• Front end collision (was seat belts)
  Historical mailing list - Erik W. Burtis
  Sat, 11 Nov 1995 10:08:21 -0400 (EDT)
  ...i was also in a bus that was hit head on by a person doing 40-50 mph, we were doing about 5-10...
• 205/75 x 14 tires
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Thu, 24 May 2001 07:20:13 EDT
  ...I estimate 78 mph for 70 mph. My speedo says 805 on the bottom. It seems like using a slightly taller tire might make...
• Re: MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 1 Apr 2006 09:12:14 -0500
  ...For a few years, if the speedo could read over 85 mph, the error was 6% + 3 mph. 84's in particular had this...
• Re: How much fuel efficiency gained by shedding 300 lbs?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:25:49 -0600
  ...of about 25 centsUS per gallon when taken relative to 55 mph rate of fuel useage. However if you are using the sticker mpg...
• GoWesty 2.4L Engine
  Historical mailing list - Danny C.
  Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:24:26 -0700
  ...I can actually accelerate on the freeway going 65 mph to 85 mph. And hills WOW!!!! I can also accelerate going up hill now...
• Re: road hazards/f
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 Jul 95 13:47:08 PDT
  ...For every 10 mph of speed, allow one car length between you and the car in front. Let's say you're going 60...
• Re: 2.2L EuroCars Engine vs 2.1l Boston Engine
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 27 Aug 2002 01:50:40 EDT
  ...rpm and back to 5000+ rpm in fourth gear (@25 mph to @75 mph, I have one more gear to go also...) smooth with...
• Re: Diesel Holes!
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 13 Jan 2004 10:08:34 -0500
  ...Mine tops out at 63 mph, but I think the max speed screw on the injector pump is set a bit conservatively. Maybe the...
• Re: mpg
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 7 Apr 2006 02:18:59 -0700
  ...A Vanagon, or anything else, at 70 mph at 6000' elevation, has less total drag than the same vahicle at sea level going the...
• Re: Subject: Speed
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Wed, 23 Nov 2005 09:13:14 -0500
  ...It probably had another 15-20 mph left. I must be getting on in years as I let off the gas - I am just...
• 35 mph to 100
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 5 Mar 1999 12:22:07 PST
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• Tach Speeds
  Historical mailing list - Ivan Boyd
  Thu, 24 Jul 1997 08:23:35 -0700
  ...Since this is ~54 mph to 58mph on my vanagon I wasn't to happy to hear this... I normally travel between 65 - 75...