Dont forget that US spec vehicles are detuned to meet surrent emission
standards and are probably not even close to performing what they can do.
Your jetta is being deprived of alot of horsepower/torque that is directly
related to two factors.

1. Your jetta weighs almost as much as an unladen Vanagon
2. drive by wire, without aftermarket software, sucks.

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: shawn feller <rsfeller@CARBONCOW.COM>
>Reply-To: shawn feller <rsfeller@CARBONCOW.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: engine conversion question...
>Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 19:58:58 -0400
>
>2.0 engine is what I have in my jetta and I just struggle thinking this
>high reving engine would pull a boat!?!? I have the noisy thing above
>4000rpm with still little power.
>
>What size of boat do you pull?
>
>shawn
>
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of Mark Cumnock
>Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 7:42 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: engine conversion question...
>
>I love my 2.O Digifant.....when this motor goes....it will be a trip to
>the junkyard and not to the bank. Not to say it is perfect, but it is
>better than what I had,its still a VW , now I can cruise the interstate
>with my boats and gear and not be tired from trying to keep my foot on
>the
>gas,and I'm not as paranoid as I was with the waterboxer and now I don't
>care what kind of antifreeze is in it now, but it being a  vanagon, I
>still wonder what is next.....

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