John, glad you liked the physics lecture. Let me know how your mods worked out.

It might make an interesting database if we collected information from all
Vanagon modifiers. As long as the information contained the base configuration
results and general statement about model and transmission as well as the
results after modification I'm sure a trend would develop that showed which
mods really increased power. I hope there isn't a rash of accidents as Vanagon
owners blazed off 0-60 times on the roads, on second thought who would notice?

John Rodgers wrote:

> Tony, this is cool stuff. Glad to know there are those amongst us that can
> apply the good principles of physics to everyday applications. I'm about to
> rebuild my 2.1L engine. Will follow through on what you have written here
> and see if I get any performance gain, as I perceive it. I'm sure others
> will appreciate this info, I know I do.
>
> Nice refresher, since my Newtonian Physics classes were 40 years ago.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Rodgers
> '88 GL Driver Wannabe