[T2] Power loss in 4th

[Avocado Tom Tarka]

John,

To follow up: the stock 1600 SP maximum output is around 4400 rpm.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=349827&highlight=max+rpm

As always, YMMV.

Cheers,
   Tom



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On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:44 PM, Avocado Tom Tarka <avocadotom at gmail.com>
wrote:

> John,
>
> With all due respect, that's not what I'm saying.
>
> I'm not trying to drive my bus up a hill  at 3000 rpm. Nor am I going to
> rev my type-1 engine up to 5,000 rpm to get up a hill.
>
> I understand that the power band is such that 3800 or 4000 may be required
> on an uphill. What I'm doing is downshifting at a point when the next gear
> will be in that range: 3800-4400.  I'm not going to to downshift and before
> that point and overrev the engine: I've never had to, and the fact that the
> engine isn't pulling - even at ~4000 rpm - is an indication that something
> is wrong.
>
> And I'm sorry, but I don't consider 3000 rpm "lugging the engine".
>
> YMMV,
>    Tom
>
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> > On Oct 13, 2015, at 9:53 PM, John Stainkamp <stainkampjohn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > You are not listening. If you're trying to drive up hills in 4th
> > under 3000 RPM you're lugging your engine.
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