Just re-ran the 0-60, sans 400+ lbs of stuff/water.

21 seconds to 50 mph
31 seconds to 60 mph

Only other difference, I stayed in 3rd until about 58 mph. Still took 4
seconds to "get rolling". Just isn't like a Porsche where you can rev it
up, dump the clutch, and take off like a bullet. Rev it up and dump the
clutch and you are liable to rip all the motor mounts off the cross-bar.

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From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
Of dr
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2002 12:34 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Aircooled ?s here for my 81 Westy

Mine does 0-60 in a bit over 30 seconds (30-35), from a dead stop.  Not
having a tach, I shift at the the shift point indicators on the
speedometer (those dots).  Its an 82 aircolled westy.  Nothing special
about it other than fresh tuneup and new injectors.  Has 82,000 miles,
compression ranges from about 98 to 120 psi.  I dont recall mine taking
long to get up to 5-7 mph.  Mine is at its worse right after the shift
into 4th.  I did not have a passenger, had no equipment loaded, gas tank
was practically full, water empty.

The new injectors is what prompted this thread.  Before replacing them,
my 0-60 was a hideous time well above a minute.

david

G.M.Bulley wrote:
> I find the same thing. Performance in the 70-85 mph range is on par
with
> my Jetta TD, pretty tolerable. 55mph - 70mph is a lesson in
> determination.
>
> Someone last night said their I4 Westy would do 0-60 in 30-ish, but he
> didn't do it from a dead stop. I'd ask that person to re-do the test
> from a complete stop. My wife even commented during our test run that
it
> took nearly 8 seconds just to get the van rolling at 5-7 mph. Also,
I'll
> retest tomorrow without the wife, with the water tank drained, most of
> the camping gear removed, a half-tank of fuel, and the middle seat out
> so it should be about 400 lbs lighter. More curious than anything
else.
>