Perhaps a little more if you had a full tank of fuel - 70L is *about* 70kg
which for you US volks is about 150lbs.  That with the engine / transmission
slug a little lower I can see a slight advantage due to weight being on the
back end.

I have a pair of dead 1.6L Diesel engines in the back of my single cab
Syncro for this reason - I can sure tell the difference.

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Tromper
Sent: January 18, 2004 9:19 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: 2wd Syncro Traction

Idle speculation.

If you just ran a Syncro with a 2wd driveline et al, for whatever reason,
would it handle more in snow like an older loaf van due to the location
of the gas tank adding weight to the rear and removing it from the forward
section??

Thought on this one folks??  Please no rants of why do that to a Syncro.

Tromper
82 Dieselfant II

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