Somebody stop me

[Kevin A]

Sorry but the VW vans are the slowest piece of equipment to ever travel on the American highway! Adolph got back at us with this one!!! I absolutely hated getting behind one of those slugs going up any kind of grade and wished I had .50 caliber machine guns mounted on my hood.
Wow, now that I finally got that off my chest.

SJ, I can't imagine what you're talking about. VW vans are not slow, check this one out.



This guy drove it from Illinois to Bonneville back in Aug. 2005.

[BrwBier]

Ya, but could you camp in it?
Brwbier

[AlaskaJack]

Lol.... speaking of "American Iron Heads"...

[josephhanson]

I've had two VW's, a van and a beetle. I bought the van (camper) knowing it needed an engine rebuild. Both ran excellent. The problem with VW's is - they need maintanence every 2,000 miles change the oil and adjust the valves. If you can commit to that, they will last a very long time. My van however, was not the fastest vehicle on the highway. It would do 75 with about 2 miles head start and the wind behind it. I've seen tow hitches on VW vans and often wondered what they pulled.

[fatehunter1972]

how to double the power in a VW van.

Put a Subaru FJ22 engine in it.

2.2 ltr boxer, 4 cyl. 130 hp.

http://www.cycoactive.com/Urabus/
URABUS tips: installing a Subaru 2.2L engine in VW Vanagon

[bledsoe3]

Ya, but could you camp in it?
Brwbier

Who cares?

At least is has enough power now to pull a teardrop.

[angib]

At least is has enough power now to pull a teardrop.

This probably has too and is just the right shape:



That's a Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle engine (160hp?) in the back.

Andrew