True... a money canon can conquer a lot of things!  :-)

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road
Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

http://www.fastforward.ca    mailto:sales@fastforward.ca
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of BenT Syncro
Sent: October 13, 2005 1:58 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: TDIs and Automatic -- Custom Gears?

On 10/13/05, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca> wrote:
>
> Short of getting the European 3.73 R+P and running slightly taller tires,
> I
> think you are out of luck for 70+ MPH all day driving and having a TDI.
> What can I say, a 1970s design that we want to run 25% faster on a fuel
> that
> burns slower than gasoline - just not meant to be with the gearing we have
> available to us. Perhaps it is time to start looking at a T4 ?

 No problem is insurmountable when enough money is throw at it. If enough
people throw quarters in a pot, someone may come up with something better.
 Afterall, these 70's van were never expected to go over 120mph even with
gas engines and some of us do.

BenT