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Subject:Re: 102mph
From:Hans Achter
Date:Thu, 17 May 2007 19:41:54 -0400

Easy there, Ben!  Let's make sure you're still in one piece after a year.
No turbo, we can do six-cylinder!
-Hans

----- Original Message -----
From: "Benny boy" <huotb@VIDEOTRON.CA>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 4:54 PM
Subject: Re: 102mph

> The question is not the speed, but how fast this one is to reach, i said
> 15
> to 20 seconde to be polite :-) it was more like 10sec, and i was more at
> 60mph. Of course, any in shape VW wasser will do it... down hill, wind in
> the back and after 30 minutes :-)
>
> :-)
>
> Anyway, now i need a Turbo, next year...
>
> Ben
>
> On Wed, 16 May 2007 11:32:52 -0500, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@GMAIL.COM>
> wrote:
>
>>Yeah - I had my 85' 1.9 up to 95mph (actually more realistically 90mph) -
>>I
>>will never ever ever do that again.
>>
>>On 5/16/07, Todd Last <rubatoguy@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> That is only 12mph more than I was able to do in my stock 2.1 Westy  :-)
>>>
>>> Anyone for a "Vanagons at Bonneville"  event?
>>>
>>> Todd
>>> '88 Westy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>