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• Re: 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:20:17 +0100
  I guess, Robert owns an kph speedo, and he doesn't know. From experience, 136 hp on a Vanagon gives 160 kph on flat...
• Re: Speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Mon, 8 May 2000 10:26:59 -0600
  ...Looking at the kph marks underneath the mph ones, it appears to me that the shift indicators are 30 kph, 55 kph and 85...
• syncro driveshaft (again)
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Sun, 29 Nov 1998 21:57:34 -0800
  ...Last I posted about this I had the u-joints rebuilt, shaft balanced, but could not eliminate the vibration at about 65 kph. Also...
• Re: 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 16:09:19 PST
  On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:20:17 +0100, Helmut Zeidler wrote: > I guess, Robert owns an kph speedo, and he doesn't know...
• Re: DIY Vanagon Trip Computer
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 7 Apr 2002 21:25:25 -0400
  ...Good news, it does read over 100 kph. The "1" in the display is very small, like half of an LCD segment tall, but...
• Vibrations: the usual suspects
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 20:57:45 -0700
  ...Now it feels like it starts in the rear (feeling it in the drivers seat)at about 70 kph, then at about 80 kph...
• Re: Cruising speed??
  Historical mailing list - Tim O'Brien
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:38:13 -0700
  ...120 kph be fine for a 1.9. tim in san jose ?? > So... what is a realistic cruising speed for a 1.9wbx westy...
• Re: Problems with the u-joints of the driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Sun, 2 May 1999 12:53:02 -0700
  ...Unfortunately it was not successful, still has a vibration at 30 kph and at 60 kph. Had it sent back to the shop 3...
• Re: 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:09:39 -0500
  ...133 mph WB?? BUNK! >On Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:20:17 +0100, Helmut Zeidler wrote: > >> I guess, Robert owns an kph speedo, and...
• Re: 133 mph WB?? BUNK!
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:08:42 +0100
  >>Helmut reported: >>"I got reports, that a Eurovan with 200 hp speeds up >>to 200 kph, the Eurovan with the 150 hp TDI is...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:25:00 -0800
  ...The speedo reads 160 kph when my GPS tells me 100 kph --- and yes that's kilometeres folks. � Cheers, Doug
• Re: Vibrations: the usual suspects
  Historical mailing list - Jim & Melody
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 22:07:06 -0600
  ...Now it feels like it starts in the rear (feeling it in the > drivers seat)at about 70 kph, then at about 80 kph...
• Any Canadians want a Speedo Head?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:44:15 -0500
  So I wound up buying a brand new KPH speedo head but it is for a 2wd Vanagon not a syncro. I will sell...
• Re: Syncro driveshaft
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 23:53:32 -0800
  ...If I depress the clutch pedal or put the van in neutral at about 30 kph and just coast to a stop (no load...
• Re: Technique For Removing Speedo needle?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 10:55:57 -0700
  ...For the KPH crowd: 100 KPH is 36 seconds per kilometre (100k/hour = 100k/60 minutes = 100k/3600 seconds, divide the numerator & denominator by...
• Re: '89 Westy - Canadian?
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 15:58:09 -0800
  ...Retrieving and stowing the cord is no problem on my bus. >oh, and CDN models will have the KPH readout bigger than the mph...
• VW Sharon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 25 Aug 2003 04:32:45 -0400
  ...day at 170 (KPH) -Quiet enough to carry on an easy conversation with the front seat passenger at 170 KPH AND IT GETS ABOUT...
• Re: speedo calibration - what's it cost (roughly)?
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 09:44:23 -0700
  ...1 minute per mile = 60 MPH (36 seconds per kilometer = 100 KPH). I vary my speed till it takes me 1 minute (36 seconds...
• Re: speeds in eurovans.
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Fri, 30 Sep 94 22:16:21 PDT
  RGOLEN@umassd.edu writes: > > Well...in a 4 cyl 2.0L European T4 I was able to do 145 kph on the > Autoroute between...
• need speedometer
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 16:20:03 EDT
  Anyone have a speedometer for an 87 Westie? Or want to trade for one in KPH? TIA, Mark
• Re: How to increase gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:59:52 -0700
  ...I also find that driving at 90 kph rather than 110/120 kph makes for the biggest decrease in fuel consumption. Why is no...
• Re: Nova Scotia to Michigan: trip report
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Mon, 19 May 2008 09:22:49 -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: Cruising speed??
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:26:19 -0600
  ...what is a realistic cruising speed for a 1.9wbx westy?? I know my 83 likes to settle at about 120 kph but is...
• Re: Vibrations: the usual suspects
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:21:38 -0700
  ...Now it feels like it starts in the rear (feeling it in the >drivers seat)at about 70 kph, then at about 80 kph...
• Re: [syncro.org] MPG and Decoupler (was Belly pans for speed /mpg)
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 19 May 2008 08:09:34 -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: 3.3 verses 4.3 verses 1.9???
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:06:37 -0600
  ...If he was doing 100 kph he'd be running in the right lane with the transport trucks. : ) 100 kph = 62.5 mph 110...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 08:52:40 -0400
  My speedo face is KPH only. I live in Canada, and do most of my driving here so it is not too much of...
• Re: Speedometer Source
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:45:45 -0400
  Ken, I believe the gear is the same on MPH and KPH speedos. Only the face is different. Cheers, Jeff On Mon, Apr 13...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 22:02:43 -0700
  ...bettin' it's a KPH speedo that's been altered. (Only 5 significant digits, no trip meter, no KPH markings, no EGR light, no...
• Re: KMH / MPH speedometer face available?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Tue, 23 Jul 2002 10:26:24 -0700
  ...It is in KPH with mph inside in small; #'s. Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death Dept. Of Chemistry So...
• Re: How to increase gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - --------------------
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:14:09 -0400
  ...the next. > > >I also find that driving at 90 kph rather than 110/120 kph makes for the biggest decrease in fuel >consumption. > >Why...
• Re: Wrecking yard finds
  Historical mailing list - Blaine Bachman
  Thu, 2 Jul 1998 12:38:02 EDT
  ...To the listee who found the KPH instrument cluster in the wrecking yard - Was it a European model (or maybe "Canadian-metric")? Front end...
• Re: A Canadian Gerry!! Don't read till Friday
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Tue, 8 Dec 1998 20:32:38 -0800
  And are we suppose to say petrol and windscreen too <g>? Litres/km and KPH is good.. may this is a small step to...
• physics this time ...
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 15:07:43 CDT
  do you guy and gals realize, that if you can coax your buggy up to 67 miles per hour (or 107 kph), you have...
• Vanagon speedo marked '1000'?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 16 Jul 2012 20:35:29 -0700
  ...Except the KPH speedos for Syncros are also 1000. Did any Vanagons come with 1000 on the 2WD? Auto trans, maybe? BenT sent from...
• Re: speeds in eurovans.
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 30 Sep 1994 20:15:37 -0400 (EDT)
  Well...in a 4 cyl 2.0L European T4 I was able to do 145 kph on the Autoroute between Grenoble and Geneve...let...
• Free KPH Speedometer
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 13:01:34 -0700
  Anyone need a kilometer-based speedo? No mph markings, 193k on the odo. Came out of a 1989 2WD Vanagon. I'm doing some...
• Re: Speedometer Source
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:20:28 -0700
  ...Ken, > > I believe the gear is the same on MPH and KPH speedos. Only the face > is different. > > Cheers, > > Jeff Some gears must be...
• Re: Warning!!! Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 13 May 2002 12:53:04 +1200
  >Are you all serious??? My 1989 speedometer has BOTH the MPH and KPH printed >clearly on the dial!! Don't all vanagons have both...
• Re: V-6 vanagon & Photos
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Sat, 27 Nov 1999 08:00:30 -0500
  Raimond-- Does your desk really go 185 kph? I notice you have 3/4 a tank of fuel...how many KpL do you get...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sun, 31 Aug 2008 21:24:26 -0700
  ...Take the speedo out, black out the KPH and rub on MPH, voilair! I'm not sure what to make of the red "zone...
• Re: V-6 vanagon & Photos
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 13:48:09 +0100
  ...Normally, my desk�s top speed is 225 kph. And the fuel gauge reads 3/4 because I have to work on that desk...
• Re: How to increase gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:27:41 -0400
  ...the next. >> >> >>I also find that driving at 90 kph rather than 110/120 kph makes for the >>biggest decrease in fuel >>consumption. >> >>Why...
• Re: 180 MPH Speedo
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 1 Sep 2008 04:22:19 +0000
  That's KPH .. only 112 mph. -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Todd P Last <Rubatoguy@COMCAST.NET> > Where can I find the 180 MPH Vanagon speedometer...
• Re: speedo calibration - what's it cost (roughly)?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Mon, 5 Apr 2004 13:55:51 -0400
  ...1 minute per > mile = 60 MPH (36 seconds per kilometer = 100 KPH). I > vary my speed till it takes me 1 minute (36 seconds...
• syncro prop shaft alignment
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 23 May 2010 17:05:07 -0700
  ...rear transmission in my syncro (which still has minor vibes around 60 kph) Results interesting, on my blog here: http://shufti.wordpress.com alistair
• Dash Cluster Needed, '86+
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:30:51 -0600
  or get one from a Canadian van as they are in both KPH and MPH. On 15-Jul-10, at 4:24 PM, Automatic...
• Re: V-6 vanagon & Photos
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sun, 28 Nov 1999 13:50:07 +0100
  ...Normally, my desk�s top speed is 225 kph (without any rpm, great desk, isn�t it?). And the fuel gauge reads 3/4...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:09:41 -0500
  ...The speedo reads 160 kph when my GPS tells me 100 kph --- and yes that's kilometeres folks. Cheers, Doug On 11/16/07...
• Re: Frankfurt Auto show
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Zeidler
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 11:15:06 -0700
  ...A TDI Vanagon speeds up to 140 KPH at a very fast acceleration by using a Turbo Diesel gearbox. Helmut '80 Camper ---------- From: Henry...
• Re: Frankfurt Auto show
  Historical mailing list - Zeidler HelmutNTC-Dusseld.
  Thu, 18 Sep 1997 17:54:01 +0200
  ...A TDI Vanagon speeds up to 140 KPH at a very fast acceleration by using a Turbo Diesel gearbox. Helmut '80 Camper ---------- From: Henry...
• Re: physics this time ...
  Historical mailing list - Joachim Beek
  Fri, 23 Sep 94 16:15:16 CDT
  > >do you guy and gals realize, that if you can coax your buggy up to 67 miles >per hour (or 107 kph), you have...
• Re: first trip in van
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 12 Aug 2002 17:42:10 -0300
  WE find the "best way to go" is to take as many back roads as we can and not go over 90 kph. Malcolm...
• Diesel Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Nov 1996 14:01:26 -0700 (MST)
  ...1st to 2nd: ~19 mph (~31 kph) 2nd to 3rd: ~34 mph (~55 kph) 3rd to 4th: ~53 mph (~85 kph) If your shift...
• Wisdom of List Sought
  Historical mailing list - Ray Hunnam
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 21:13:34 +1000
  ...Picture this ? I am driving along the highway have just travelled about 300kms at speeds varying from 60 kph to 110 kph. Stopped for...
• (Fwd) Re: How Fast Was I Driving?? KPH & MPH
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sun, 4 Aug 2002 18:47:21 -0300
  ...In my CDN 91 syncro westy, I have to go 110 kph by the speedometer to make it from one km post to the...
• Re: Tiico convert question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:09:32 -0800
  ...Tiico convert question > > and have hit highway speeds in excess of 100 > mph/160 kph
• Re: MPG
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:55:24 -0600
  ...I was driving at about 110 kph (4000 rpm) but the van kept creeping up toward 120 kph (4400 rpm) I did not check...
• brake problem analysis needed 85 GL
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Fri, 10 Dec 1999 22:20:31 -0500
  Hi all, Upon returning home last night and at a very low rate of speed (under 20 kph) I stepped on the brake pedal...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:10:34 -0500
  ...The speedo reads 160 kph when my GPS tells me 100 kph --- > and yes that's kilometeres folks. > > Cheers, > Doug > > > On 11/16/07...