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Subject:Re: GoWesty 2.4L Engine
From:Jamie Fitterer
Date:Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:39:27 +0000

not to hijack this engine post,,,,,,,but if anyone has fixed an 84 speedo or re-calibrated one let me you know.  I have one that is horribly off and was hoping to not have to replace it.  

 

 
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:10:52 -0700
> From: ahwahneevw@GMAIL.COM
> Subject: Re: GoWesty 2.4L Engine
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> On 4/13/10, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > that being said, I do agree that there is a sweet spot in velocity,
> > where the chassis seems to be happy and the wind noise subdued, for
> > me its around 45-50...
> 
> I suspect one reason why my original engine did well was that the 84s
> had such a woefully inaccurate speedometer that for a long time when I
> thought I was driving 70 I was really only doing 55.
> 
> Geo