

| Subject: | Re: 102mph - Turbo vs. 6-cylinder |
| From: | Benny boy |
| Date: | Fri, 18 May 2007 15:37:03 -0400 |
Euuuu.... the turbo thing was a joke... By the way, John, Jim & Hans, you should all meet and have a beer... You are all engine fanatic and you all do a great job. Any engine that produce enough torque and over 130 hp is a great power plant for a Vanagon. I also think that 167hp (in my case) is way more than needed for a Vanagon camper-owner, since i had mine, i strangly drive slower in average than before??? all because i feel that i don't need to rev or push the engine even for normal driving like i had too before with a wasser. I already did 1000miles since the conversion... how come??? i take a longer route/road to go to work :-) Some ask me about fuel consumption, well, for now, i didn't do any test, but i can tell you one thing for sure, in town, it's way better than any wasser. I did 440km on one tank, mostly town and some freeway (fully loaded westy, yea, i'm ready to go!). I'm sure that if i drive the 2.5L at 65mph, smooth running, that i can easily reach 500-550km if not 600km per tank. I said KM... he he he, now you do the math. Me, i do my share :-) Regards, Ben
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