That's more disappointing. But I have seen Vanagons (Westies too)
that looked more late model that out run me on slopes. I believe
they have 2.1 engines. The 2.1 engine should make some difference.

David

--- On Thu, 2/19/09, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET> wrote:

> From: Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@MTS.NET>
> Subject: Re: Replace 1.9 with a 2.1 WBX
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 8:58 PM
> I have to admit, I swapped my 1.9 with 180k miles with a new
> Boston
> Bob 2.1 and I didn't feel any difference.  Maybe my 1.9
> wasn't in as
> bad shape as i thought!
>
> Jeff
>
> On 19-Feb-09, at 10:44 PM, 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.
> >
> > David