#1988 VANAGON ROAD TRIPPER PLUS#
Going from stock tires to 215/65/16s are good for 100 plus rpm.
#1988 VANAGON ROAD TRIPPER UPGRADE#
77 you could always upgrade to a taller tire to improve the highway rpm. 85 forth and with taller tires found it reasonable. I am afraid you may be geared a little too tall with the. What makes these conversions nice is how well they do on hills. 65 mph is a comfortable cruising speed in a Vanagon. I'll be using these tools to rebuild (as of a week ago I didn't realize I had them). I ordered the gears yesterday and will be pulling the DK transmission this weekend from my old Van. The Dk trans has the lowest (numeric) gear ratio and I just ordered new 3rd and 4th gears to gear it better. Thanks to Andy with all the documentation of the transmissions and their codes I'm a lot more educated now. That is ok though because I have a DK trans in one of my other Vanagons that is now my parts van. I did find out that the owner took the original trans out and swapped the ABD gasser transmission into it.
The bell-housing, motor mounts, and input shaft are all diesel specific. The Westy was originally a 1.6 na diesel westy that the original owner recently converted to an A2 1.8L CIS gasser. I didn't argue and set about getting the owner contacted and travel arrangements made. She was up with our son and I woke up with her saying we should get "that diesel camper". Some may be saying how did he get his wife to sign off on another conversion, but I have to say that this one was her idea. Our goals are to have the mechanical portion of it completed before July 4th week as my Wife's family has a reunion planned for that week and it will be in Yellowstone. Two days later we arrived back with the Vanagon to start collecting parts. One poped up on thesamba for sale in Albuquerque, NM so my Dad and I hoped in the truck with the car hauler for a weekend roadtrip. I have been looking at Westys for a while with the intent of a conversion. Well we're at it again, this project is a colaboration between myself and my Father.
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