bigherb wrote:It might have a DF engine which was for the delivery van market, good for urban acceleration and fuel consumption but runs out of puff at higher speeds.
I've seen up to around 80 out of my DF...in reality though for economy and engine health I tend to stick around 60-65, any more than this and you realy notice the consumption jump up, especially with the extra drag of a high top.
I was chatting to some beetle owning friends regarding my 1.9 watercooled t25. They seemed very surprised at my comment that it was maxing out around 60-65 mph. This seemed reasonable to me.
Can I ask if this sounds about right for a untuned, standard 1.9 lump with a High top?
Many thanks!
Dunno about the high top but does not sound right to me, when an engine gets older and looses compression or if the carb or ignition are not well set up it will be down on power.
My DG tin top will do well in excess of 80mph on the clock on the flat ( I'm not admitting more), OK no high top but I can't believe that would shave 20mph off
1988 DG WBX LPG Tin Top
1989 DJ digijet WBX Holdsworth Villa 3 Pop Top itchylinks
yes I remember now, I think it was probably deleted because it's a copyright picture.
Flickr have still not deleted my photos but I can't log onto Flicker because I immediately get asked to agree to the deletion, which I don't.