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Subject:Re: Speedometer vs Tach
From:Michael Townsend
Date:Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:59:25 -0400

Ditto.  (1990 Carat).  I think if, I mean when, I have to get a new
transmission, I'll get one of Todd's with a slightly taller 4th gear.

Michael Townsend
townsend@rtp.ericsson.se

-----Original Message-----
From: John H. Rodgers <inua@QUICKLINK.NET>
To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM <vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 1:10 PM
Subject: Speedometer vs Tach

>-- [ From: John H. Rodgers * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
>
>In my '88 GL, when in 4th gear on the highway,  4000 rpm yields 70 MPH.
3700
>yields 65 MPH. and 3000 rpm yields about 60 MPH.
>
>At 70 it seems to be straining a bit. Much more so than my old '85 with the
>1.9L engine.
>
>Just wondered if anyone had comparable experience.
>
>John Rodgers
>'88 GL Driver
>--

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