When I pegged (on the trip reset button) my speedometer, I was getting
a pretty consistant 10mpg (note: I was getting 10mpg in normal driving
as well due to a HUGE carb setup).  I drove down to Ocean City, MD
doing about that speed the whole time (other than the small towns).

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 21:37:29 -0500, Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net> wrote:
> Somehow, I don't think fuel economy is a priority at that speed. I'd be
> curious as to how long the trans can last at that speed in 4th gear and
> how well the cooling system can handle some 300,000 btus/hour of heat
> being generated by that much fuel being burned.
>
> Dennis
>
> PS, I don't doubt the WRX can push the van that fast. I just don't think
> the picture is really showing that speed.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of mark drillock
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:41 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 130 mph in a vanagon, what MPG?
>
> It takes about 50 hp to push a Vanagon at 65 mph, or so I've read. I
> think I also read that the wind resistance goes up as the square of the
> speed. If so, 130 being 2 times as fast would take 4 times the power or
> about about 200 hp. Since 65mph  yields about 20 mpg, 130 mph would give
> what, about 5 mpg? Maybe even less since the rpm would be so high?
>
> Mark
>
> Brian T. wrote:
>
> >I was with Eric on drive to Seattle in his WRX van
> >warlier this year.  We easily popped past 110 in a
> >short run heading North and then a sprint almost up to
> >where that speedo shot was on the way back.
> >
> >Lemme' tell ya it is something to go that fast in a
> >vanagon!
> >
> >Eric has done such a good job of engineering this
> >thing though, it is rock solid at speed.
> >
> >Brian from Salem, Or
> >
> >
> >
>