vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
--- Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@TSSGI.COM> wrote:
> How many RPMs is he pulling when he goes 100MPH?
>
> When I do 75MPH in any of my Vanagons, the engine is
> turning over 4000RPMs.
> Without a 5 speed, or a completely different tranny,
> wouldn't your top speed
> be limited by the number of RPMs the engine can turn?
with the 5-speed too....but 4000 rpm? are you afraid to go
above that? Why?  Or will teh wasserboxer nt give power
above that? I have to admit I am not familiar with the
power and torque curves on the wasserboxer engine, but it
should pull on and on above 4000 rpm. the old aircooled
1600 was safe at 4500 from my recollection....of course we
did modify them all teh time..  ;-)
going above that in a vanagon for an extended time is
stupid as their are not made for that kind of speed,
brakes, suspension etc...I sure do not want to have to
swerve at that speed!

of course with the rpm issue, I had never worried about
engine life as it gives ne a reason to re-build and make
improvements.  ;-) ....but hae to admit I keep my Discovery
below 3000rpm when I can, and only go above that for
passing or up hill for a short time(besides with it's
suspension it's scary  above 65!  ;-0
....the vanagon is always below 75 by choice as well but
that is 'cause you are supposed to be taking it easy and
relaxing when in a westie! Watza rush?  ;-)

Paul
'80 westie so not sure of limitations of a wasserboxer...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Justin M. Mayrand
> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 1:29 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: air cooled engine alternatives
>
>
> A friend of mine has a Corvair 6 in his bus - that thing
> flies, and will top
> 100MPH, though doing so will scare you half to death.
> ...JMM
>
>
> --
>
> Justin M. Mayrand
> 1980 Westy "SuperVan"
>
>
> > The Road Cow is a late bus ............... it has a
> Toyota engine in it.
> > Search "road cow" in the archives I'm sure you'll find
> a link to
> > pictures.
> > Road Cow is currently owned by Britt Granis
> ................. he's been
> > abusing it pretty bad pulling busses from West to East
> coast.
> > Someone may have cloned it.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> >
> > On Sun, 8 Dec 2002 13:07:34 -0700 Clay Moore
> <cmoore@CYBERPORT.COM>
> > writes:
> >> While driving a Ryder truck on I-40 west of flagstaff
> in late summer
> >> steadily climbing a very long grade, and doing about
> 65 mph.  Two
> >> white
> >> Bay window style Westfalias passed me, obviously
> loaded and really
> >> going, they must have been doing 80.  I was hoping
> they would pull
> >> over
> >> so i could find out how they were doing and take a
> closer look, but
> >> i
> >> never managed to catch them.  I assumed they must have
> had some kind
> >> of
> >> engine other than the air cooled version of that era.
> Since there
> >> are
> >> inline engine alternative's for the water cooled
> vanagons, what
> >> engine
> >> alternatives are available for that era westfalias ...
> if any ?  Or
> >> were
> >> they possibly running really tricked out air cooled
> engines ?

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