I can assure all of you that Eric's speedo was reading what it appears to be
reading. I do doubt that it was indicating 130 mph. My rabbit with a swapped
2.0l 16v in it does that speed just fine. The aerodynamics of a Vanagon do
not allow it to acheive a true 130 mph. Nothing fishy about his post. I know
thats what he saw. I would also like to take this time to point out how
inaccurate our speedos are at that speed. I dont think Eric was trying to
say he was doing 130 MPH. Either way, give the man a break. He put alot of
time and money into a really nice Vanagon. Let him have his glory.

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

>From: jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
>Reply-To: jimt <wetwesty@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Re: 130mph in a vanagon
>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:20:58 -0700
>
>On 12/6/04 9:29 AM, "jbange" <hfinn@INGRATES.NET> wrote:
>
> > At 05:35 AM 12/6/2004, you wrote:
> >> look at the pics eric D took of his speedo/tach while in motion:
> >>
> >> http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=1642504&page=2
> >>
> >> ps, his van is subaru wrx sti powered..
> >> chris
> >
> > Sure looks to me like the needle is resting on the peg. Take a look at
>the
> > shadows cast from the dash lighting. The poster claimed it went all the
>way
> > around and PAST the peg, but anyone who 's ever taken a speedo apart
>knows
> > that's not possible. Even if it was, what do you think the odds are that
> > you'd end up snapping a picture while the needle was EXACTLY where it
>would
> > also be if you were driving 0 mph? Someone is telling a fish story
>there.
> >
> > John Bange
> > '90 Vanagon "Geldsauger"
> >
> >
>Take that tach reading and do the tranny math.  Definitely a fishy tale.
>Especially as anyone that has taken their vans into the higher ranges of
>the
>speedo also knows the error in the speedo in those ranges as well.
>
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