I hooked up mine in my 82 air-cooled & noticed nothing.  At idle pushing the
switch by hand I could hear the RPM go up but in actual driving, I did not
see any difference.  I unhooked mine.

Pat Callaghan
82 Westy
Portland, OR.
www.users.qwest.net/~patcal

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dart 330" <dart330@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 6:05 AM
Subject: full throttle switch boost?

> Well I am glad to know I am not missing anything extra with that 3 prong
> connecter, but I still wonder about the full throttle switch. How much
extra
> boost does this give a Vanangon? Can it be measured in hp?? or is it not
> worth the trouble of installing?
>
> Thanks again,
> Nathan
> 85 Westy
> 74 Bus
>
>
> >>Volks:
> >>
> >>That connector is one of the points where your friendly VW technician
will
> >>plug one of the leads on their very expensive ($2,800.00 last time I
> >>checked) special tool for checking the timing on your Digifant Vanagon.
> >>That
> >>is if the dealer even has special tool number 1367.
> >>
> >>If you have a Bentley laying around (and you should, by the way) you can
> >>look in section 28.42 to see what gets hooked where and how it all
works.
> >>Good luck and let us know if you find any other mysteries.
> >>
> >>Dan Weber
> >>Miss Blue - "87 GL Weekender
>
>
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