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Subject:Re: top speed?
From:Rodrigo Bonilla Soto (Direcspicer)
Date:Thu, 1 Nov 2001 10:54:52 -0600

Hola:
I drive my 82 Vanagon at 90MPH, in this speed the speed controler system
start to work, my vanagon don�t have tachometer
DO you know how to disable the speed controler?

SALUDOS 

-----Mensaje original-----
De: Jere Hawn [mailto:jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET]
Enviado el: Lunes, 29 de Octubre de 2001 10:10 p.m.
Para: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Asunto: Re: top speed?

Richard,

I drive a little slower no that I don't live in Wyoming.  While I lived
there I would cruise at about ~83 MPH ~4750 RPM and I did that for about 4
years without a problem, except that it still wasn't fast enough for the
flow of traffic.  I now cruise about ~75.

Jere
90 GL
88 GL

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Richard A. Jones
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 6:29 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: top speed?

So I figure:  top o' the green is 4000 RPM.  That shows
as ~71 mph on my speedo, which reads high.  I think it
is really ~65 mph.

So running at the top o' the green on the tach is 65.

Do people drive faster?  Do they run the engine at
higher RPM?

I know in my air-cooled, with NO tach, I just rev it
up!

                        Richard A. Jones
                        Boulder, Colorado
                        '81 Vanagon   Mr Bus
                        '87 Syncro Westy   El Jefe

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