Took a trip up to the cabin on Sunday in the snow trac to clear a few tons of snow off the roof and then had some fun skiing. Here's some stats: On the way in did the 7 mi trip of around 600' elevation gain in 35 minutes for an average speed of 12 mi./hour. Did the downhill trip back in 22 minutes for an average speed of 19 mi./hr. Didn't seem like I was going that fast, except for the bouncing along on some stretches on the way back. The scary thing is that I probably could have gone just as fast uphill if it wasn't for watching the heat of cylinder head #3. I was restricted to using 3rd gear most of the time. The cylinder head temp gauge is a must have for these VW engines in my opinion but, a word of warning, your eyes will be glued to it most of the time. I'll remove the oil cooler from the fan shroud before next season and I expect a big improvement in cooling. 19 mph up hill would be convenient.
Sorry for the poor pictures, the first two are panoramas made from video motion stills, the last reminds me I still need to fix the wipers! I started calling them "wifepers," use that one at your own risk.:
Sorry for the poor pictures, the first two are panoramas made from video motion stills, the last reminds me I still need to fix the wipers! I started calling them "wifepers," use that one at your own risk.: