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Subject:Re: Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 19 Feb 2009 23:51:19 -0500
At 11:44 PM 2/19/2009, David Kao wrote:
>Hum... That's a little disappointing. It may be only 10% more power.
>Hopefully it will still make a difference on many slopes that I often
>travel on.

If you have power steering and can do without it...the pump sucks up
a surprising amount of power.  Ken Wilford wrote quite a while ago
about his surprise at the difference in pick-up with and without.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"