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Subject:Re: GoWesty 2.4L Engine
From:miguel pacheco
Date:Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:16:26 -0600

Well jack all! What do you mean, 'not to hijack?' I may not know jack,
but I do know that if your intent is not to hijack,  then don't
hijack....hijacker!
Miguel

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
  - Thomas A. Edison

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Jamie Fitterer <fittdog8848@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
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>> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 13:10:52 -0700
>> From: ahwahneevw@GMAIL.COM
>> Subject: Re: GoWesty 2.4L Engine
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
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>> 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...
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>> 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.
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>> Geo
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