Your speedo is off.  No way you are going 70 with 3300 rpms. Have driven too
many of them to believe that...........

Adam P
81  Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
75 Campmobile "for sale'
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Wilder" <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy

> Possibly you folks aren't shifting your gearbox properly.
> I run 3rd gear out to 55 mph and that is 4,000 Rpms.
> At that velocity it quickly climbs to 65-70 rather quickly.
> If you engine is going flat (loss of power) at below 3500 rpms, I'd
> suspect that the rebuilder stuck your old worn out cam back in.
> Peak power for my 83 Air Cooled Type IV engine is 2400 - 3500 rpms seems
> to be the best power range.
> After speed is reached (70 mph at 3300 rpms) it will still respond pretty
> good.
> If your AFM is tuned down lean to pass the state inspection you may just
> be running out of the fuel to run harder.
> The altitude you operate is also a factor if you're over 5,000 feet,
> otherwise it shouldn't make much difference.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>
>
>
> On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 12:46:58 -0400 dr <dxrobertson@NETSCAPE.NET> writes:
> > I am one of the participants in the performance thread.  I just
> > replaced
> > my injectors and my 82 aircooled now does 0-60 in about 32 sec.
> > Before
> > the injectors, mine did similar to yours; it seemed to take forever
> > to
> > get from 40/45 up to 60.  My 4th gear seems to be like yours; seems
> > to
> > be a big ratio difference between 3rd and 4th; I think its just that
> > way
> > and nothing is wrong with or different about your 4th gear.  I
>
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