Mostly for pulling the boat, an added 1,000-1,200# + fire wood added to the
already loaded up westy.

Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy
On Feb 12, 2014 12:56 AM, "Ed McLean" <email99@bellsouth.net> wrote:

> You might find that Excel Dyno V2.2 is useful when investigating
> performance
> with a different engine and larger tires.  A can't vouch for the absolute
> accuracy of the calculations but it was pretty accurate in predicting my 0
> to
> 60 mph time with my Subaru Vanagon Westy conversion.  It also predicted
> that
> the 0 to 60 mph time with 215/65r16 tires would be a trace quicker than
> with
> the smaller 205/70r14 tires.  Actual measurement proved this to be true.
> Further investigation indicated the reason was I would stay in more rapidly
> accelerating lower gears longer to higher speeds with the larger tires and
> not suffer the acceleration penalty of shifting into third as would be done
> with the smaller tires.  Accelerating to higher speeds would, of course,
> eventually be overall slower with the larger tires.
>
> Excel Dyno v2.2 can be downloaded from the Yahoo Excel Dyno Users Group.
>