Took the family today to Big Bear Mountain (8000ft) good thing for the turn
outs every 1/4 mile. Kept up with a school bus but had to let everyone else
go by including tractor trailer trucks. Maintained 25 to 30mph in second
gear. We reached a section where construction was going on so we all came to
a stop...at that point the oil light turned on and L/O temp was about
230-240 degrees F. The good news the westy made round trip with no failures
and got about 25 mpg down hill. Its amazing that the wasserboxes have much
more power than the air cooled it remines me when I bought my first car 65
vw bug I believe it had a 1300cc. I remember when a super beetle passed me
up a hill like I was standing still and I had the petal to the metal. Is
there some inexpensive way to get a few HP out of the 82 westy? How about
nitrious when you really need it?

Andy
82 Westy