Adam,
        Acceleration?  In heavy air-cooled box with 67 HP?  Your kidding, right?
I consider it slow when I compare it to almost anything else on the road
(except my in-laws diesel 7 passenger Vanagon, which would be a good race).
My personal points of comparison have been a Volvo 164E, a 88 Ford Festiva,
a 90 Mazda 323, a Volvo 850, a 97 Camry (4 cyl), a 88 Toyota pickup, and a
few early 70's Opels.  ANY of these would blow the doors off the Westy in a
race to ANY speed.  Yes, even the Festiva, but not by too much!

Seriously, I've seen 80mph on a slight downhill and can cruise at 70 on a
level road if there is NO headwind.  Beyond that speed just ain't happening.

The way I look at it when driving the Westy is, it's not how fast you get
there, it's the fun you have doing so and the fun you have when you there
that counts.

Mark
82 Westy

-----Original Message-----
From:   Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Puzerewski
Sent:   Sunday, October 01, 2000 4:33 AM
To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject:        air-cooled vanagon question

To the air-cooled drivers

What is your top speed?  How is your acceleration in 1st through 3rd, and
then 4th?  Slow?  Rapid?  Slow climb in 4th?

I need something to compare my rebuild to.

Adam Puzerewski
81 westy
74 beetle
86 cabrio
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