On 8/19/2009 10:26 AM Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:

> Automatic transmission Vanagons are just undergeared anyway, with the
> stock 3 speed auto tran. It's real easy to be at 3,500 to 4,000 rpm ,
> especially in top ( 3rd ) gear, that's just how they are.

Yeah. At 3,000 rpm in 3rd (AT) we go 50 mph (GPS). 4,000 rpm gives 67 mph.
Which is about as fast as I ever go anyway, esp. since the speedometer
reads 12% high on this van. I always think I'm going faster than I am,
which doesn't make the cars behind me any happier.

Didn't I read somewhere about a bumper sticker that said something like

68 hp, 5,200 lbs
Do the math

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
Bend, OR
KG6RCR