3,800 rpm at only 60 mph seems like a silly upgrade to me? Especially for a
turbo Diesel.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Ralph Meyermann
Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2014 2:21 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Silly idea?

I may have to custom ratio 1-4th? To best suit my needs, 3500-3800 rpm @ 60
mph is my target

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Feb 11, 2014 12:38 PM, "mark drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote:

> At least it is easier than swapping trannys back and forth.
>
> I have owned a bunch of 82 diesel vans so I have swapped back and
> forth between DZ and DK more than a few times. It makes a pretty
> dramatic difference. Until recently 215/75/15 was my tire of choice so
> I have swapped wheels of that size back and forth as well. That wheel
> change makes less than half the difference that the tranny swap makes.
> I suspect that once he has the larger wheels on that they will tend to
> stay on if he keeps the low geared DZ tranny. A combination of the
> larger wheels and a taller DK makes things too tall at times even for
> 1.9D and 1.9TD so I recommend against that.
>
> Mark
>
> Robert Fisher wrote:
>
>> The whole scheme sounds like a plan to never take the boat camping ...
>> which is what would happen with me if I had to swap out all four
>> wheels every time I wanted to do that. : /
>>
>>