everyone,

Remember one thing when it comes to hotter engines in these Vanagons.  The
main thing you may get is acceleration due to increased torque and to a
lesser extent, HP.  It still is what it is...it will never be a sports car,
it will get blown around a little at high speed and high winds, and it will
stop the same as it always did because its weight would be similar.

Brake upgrades might help you to stop faster, have not driven one, but my
stock system does pretty darn good.  Most of these old vans still have the
original nasty brake fluid in ethem and that makes the brakes
crappy........I have fixed this a bunch of times as well as adjustment of
the rear brakes only to have customers think they are driving a new car.
Adam P
Charleston,SC     Coburn, WV
81  Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
1974 412 "Goldmember"
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
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