

| Subject: | Re: Vanagon? Really? Gasoline vs. Diesel-again. |
| From: | Alistair Bell |
| Date: | Sun, 22 Jan 2012 18:32:01 -0800 |
Mike, explain more on why the pump won't, or can't be adjusted to squirt more juice. And, be mindful that increasing the tire size to get a 10% drop in rpm will affect the G gear slow crawl. alistair On 2012-01-22, at 4:41 PM, Mike Miller wrote: > I'd definitely be for that comparison Saturn vs Prius. Then I could > extend the results to my AAZ powered [well, kind of powered] snycro > Westy. > > Actually I would be interested in comparisons. Yesterday at bURNINGvAN > 2012 [more on this later] Jonathin was telling me about the > experiments he did with various gear combinations and tire sizes. He > thought an AAZ could pull the 10% larger 215/75 15 tires. If so I > could run those and go about 65 without over reving the poor little > thing. > > Anybody else have actual experience with AAZ engines, stock syncro > transmissions and tire sizes? > > Detlev also had some information but I can't repeat it here because > I'm crying to hard to see the keyboard. Something about the injection > pump that I just spent a ton of money on being in adequate for the AAZ > engine, won't flow enough fuel so at full throttle it's running lean > which is very bad for engine life. > > Mike
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