>
> >A question to all:
> >
> >In this age of 75mph speed limits does anyone beat the heck out of
their
> >van the way I do when doing highway driving?
> -----------snip-----------
>  Any thrown rods, smashed valves etc. out
> >there?  What kind of engine life (mileage) can I expect out of this
> >great ole '85 Vanagon?
>
> Funny you should ask!  Our '88 Waterboxer did throw a rod 2 weeks
ago.  96K
> on the engine, running synthetic oil, always warmed up before
driving in the
> winter etc.  We did however make some *fast* highway cruises.  3
hours at
> 80+ was not unusual.
  Not going to do a waterboxer again.  Looking at
> Golf engines and Subaru engines.  Seems either would be an
improvement.
>
My little 1.9 l will do 80 something depending on wind direction,
auto, so I don't know the rpm.  Just don't feel good about running
floored so when I'm over 80 mph (75 for that matter) I'm drafting to
some degree so I can back off the manifold preasure.  For some reason,
I think that that's OK, the high rpm won't hurt.  Am I justified in
thinking that or not?

TBill

***I drive way too fast to worry about cholesterol***
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