I once drove quite a distance (10-15 mi.) banging against the rev limiter in
my dad's 85 West. Wolf. that was loaded to the gills with Porsche parts. I
was in third doing roughly 65. To my credit, the motor was buried under so
much junk that I could hear nothing from it. I assumed that the inability to
go over 65 was due to the load.

Give me a break... I was 18 at the time.

----- Original Message -----
From: "mark drillock" <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Redline (the speed,not the oil) (was: with all this talk about
prices...)

> AFAIK, yes. I used to hit it regularly with my 87 Syncro when passing in
> Mexico. Since I got the 5 cyl conversion the redline is much higher and
> the rev limit harder to hit but I've done it.
>
> Mark
>
> Todd Last wrote:
> >
> > Is this true for all of them?
> > I (stupidly) tried to test this on my '88 but chickened out after the
> > tach happily sailed past the beginning of the redline.
> >
> > Todd
> > '88 Westy
> >
> > mark drillock wrote:
> >
> > >Yes, Vanagons have rev limiters. The ECU will turn off the fuel
> > >injectors when max rpm is exceeded. This may not save the engine on a
> > >steep down hill as gravity can overcome the engine not wanting to turn.
> > >
> > >Mark
> > >
> > >ian Butler wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, dave bowers wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>I have a 3 brand new pistons & sleeves that were given to me after
the PO
> > >>>threw a piston when driving down the Alcan (he left his 88 gl in 2nd
gear,
> > >>>driving at 70 on gravel roads. He claimed he couldn't hear the high
rpms.
> > >>>He is 6'7", so maybe he didn't look down to see them 6000 rpm
either!)
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>This brings up a question I've been loathe to test for myself: do
Vanagons
> > >>have rev limiters?  Or was this guy just letting it coast down a
mountain
> > >>and letting gravity take it well over redline?
> > >>
> > >>ian Butler / ian@bluemoon.hplx.net
> > >>'88 Scirocco 16v, '87 Syncro GL
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> > >
>