Acceleration is more about torque than horsepower.

Dixie weighs ~4000 lbs with me in the driver's seat. The WBX had 90 hp and
115 ft/lbs torque, the Subaru 2.5 has 165hp and 165 ft/lbs torque.

Divide.   ;)

On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:25 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 11:07 PM 12/6/2010, Larry Alofs wrote:
>
>>  I have always felt that the throttle response of the WBX was very
>> sluggish.  It seems to me that the inertia of the vane would delay the
>>
>
> The owner's manual for my Sunbeam Alpine said that if I wanted
> quicker throttle response I could have N pounds machined off the
> flywheel, but that it wouldn't idle as well if I did.
>
> On the Vanagon I've always thought it was the twenty horsepower per
> thousand pounds that limited the rev rate...the Alpine had a blazing
> 41 hp per thousand pounds.
>
> Yours,
> David
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

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