The Brooklands Book "Volkswagen Bus Camper Van" has several
road tests of early vanagons (no westies):

Pickup, Van, & 4WD June 1980: 0-60mph 21.2, 1/4 mile 21.6 @
60mph

Car August 1980, Panel Van: 0-100kph (62 mph) 26.7, 1km (1.62
miles) sprint 42.8 @111.5 kph

Road & Track July 1980, 7-Passenger, 0-60 21.2, 1/4 mile 21.5
@ 60.5

Modern Motor May 1982, Passenger Van, 0-100kph (62 mph) 24.77

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:12:19 -0500
>From: John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET>
>Subject: acceleration with air cooled
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>
>Geting back to vanagon stuff.....
>
>I lost the message asking about how much acceleration to
expect from an
>air cooled engine. I timed my van this AM, and after the
tire was done
>smoking, and finally hooked up to the asphalt, I was able to
go from 0 to
>60 in just under 30 secs. I was surprised at this, because I
never thought
>much about it, and seldom ever 'stand on it' in the first
place.
>
>When you drive a slow vehicle, you just learn to actually
drive, and pay
>attention to when you need to start accelerating, because
there is nothing
>to spare if you make an error in judgement :)
>
>I also noted that from I got to 50 pretty quick, but those
last 10mph
>seemed to take forever.
>
>I hope whomever posted the original comment is able to find
his problem.
>60 seconds seems like too long a time to me. If its not on
the intake
>side, maybe the cat is plugging up?
>
>Regards from Utah,
>
>John
>
>No Mac, No W
>
>No Mac, No Windows, just a reliable PC