Now you know the fun we SVX Van drivers have been having all along...
Speaking of which, I have reluctantly sold my syncro to a very nice
gentleman in California, who will be smiling all the way down I-5 this
weekend..Keep an eye out for his tailights.

-s
seattle
ps. they do sound very nice.
pss. I had mine up to 100 mph a few days ago chasing a WRX for a few miles
and was running 5000 rpm with my 16 in wheels and .77 4th gear.
psss. Eurocars who?

>From: Chris S <mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: mrvolkswagen@HOTMAIL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: The SVX experience
>Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 20:07:39 -0400
>
>Well, it finally happened.  Chris took me out for a ride in his SVX-powered
>Vanagon.  All I can say is OH-MY-HOLY-SIX-CYLINDER-SEX-MACHINE, BATMAN!
>There's no right for a Vanagon to have THAT MUCH raw power.  We hit over
>105
>mph on a very brief stretch of the interstate, and that thing had much more
>left in it.  60 is yours in, oh, THAT long and passing is but a right foot
>away.  That thing will pull like mad in 4th gear, and there's one more gear
>left.  The sound AH-SOME!  Honestly, it will outrun my G60 Corrado up to
>100
>mph.  To give you an honest comparison, the SVX in fifth will surely
>outpull
>my 1.9 in third gear, and mine is a good-running WBX.  It's full of angry,
>mad, ricer a$$-kicking power.  Ricer eater it is, and then some.  The
>vehicle has been totally transformed into something before unimaginable.
>The sound of the engine is intoxicating.  It's like listening to myriad of
>mechanical noise blended into an orchestra of power.  Yeah, it's a hamster
>on steroids.  A hamster with SIX BALLS!  He-he!
>
>Chris S.
>'85 Westy
>www.knology.net/~vw/
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers

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