Agreed. I think how the van is driven can be the bigger factor. And
the temptation to drive it harder is there even with a small HP
increase.

My first conversion to Jetta engine was done on an air cooled Vanagon
with tired engine. I drove that van differently, right away. Same for
the '88 I converted to the same engine. I rebuilt that engine. It has
even better acceleration. The HP increase from the stock 2.1 is not
huge but since the rebuilt engine allows it, (so far, LOL), at times I
shift at higher RPM than I would with the 2.1 WBX. And, I shift
"harder" at times as well.

Neil.

On 11/9/19, Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would qualify that with a "depends how you drive".

>> On Sat, Nov 9, 2019, 8:42 AM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:

>> > - what's a safe upper margin amount of horse power for a vanagon NOT
>> > detrimental to the transaxle.

-- 
Neil n

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