>That said - why did VW think that 67 HP was enough for my '78 Westy? I
>guess it was enough for 55 mph on flat ground. These days I never run 55
>mph (always 70 mph to keep from getting run over on the interstate) and the
>ground is seldom flat for long (TN).

My 75 1800 Bay was putting out est 100hp or a bit more. It had a
slip-in 1916 kit, but no other engine modifications. No injection
either. Why were US engines so down on power?

>Looking forward to 110 HP from that flat six out back...

What flat-6 is only 110hp? Corvair?
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut