OK, Frank, now *you're* scaring me!  LOL.  What would the German tune-up be,
I wonder?  42 German mechanics disassembling and reassembling the engine,
making sure it was to spec?
bmc (with plenty of German ancestry, don't even start)

> From: Frank Grunthaner <FrankGRUN@AOL.COM>
> Reply-To: FrankGRUN@AOL.COM
> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 00:36:33 EST
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Tiico convert question
>
> In a message dated 12/10/01 5:55:03 PM, dataservices@MEDIAONE.NET writes:
>
> << Not only scary, but I would like to know if that's with the stock trans and
>
> what the tach read!!
>
>
> Dave B >>
>
> Well, on my '90 GTi Digifant II 1.8 L 8V conversion in a '82 Westfalia and
> original DZ trans with 215/75x15 tires, 100 mph comes up right around 6300
> rpm. Been there done that. Front end feels very light. Very crosswind
> sensitive. If maintained for at least  15 to 20 minutes, this is often
> referred to as an Italian tune-up. If you add about 32 fluid ounces of
> Techtron Fuel Injector Cleaner to 24 gallons of premium, it becomes an
> Italian Royal Tune-up. (modeled on the Kir Royal)! (other details: less than
> 1 inch of manifold vacuum, oil temperature of 232 F, exhaust gas temperature
> of 720 C, cylinder head temperature of 82 C, oil pressure 42 psi, ambient
> temperature 71 F, mean elevation 1200 feet above sea level, A/F ratio meter
> shows open loop operation at about 13.4:1).
>
> Frank Grunthaner
>