Re: what rpm range is appropriate for my '92 NA ej22? (in my 1981 4sp westy)
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Thanks for the report Eric.? Where in the world are you located??
Mine is a very similar to my experience on all points you mention. A few times I've experienced the ECU cut off the throttle when I've forgotten to up shift.
My boat is 23ft 3500lbs w.trailer. (pic)
I have both the SubaruGrars and Reversaru kits awaiting install so will know more on that then.?
I've driven my ej22 with vw's 4sp gearbox for the air cooled engine we removed for maybe 8 years.? ?I've occasionally forgotten to upshift for maybe 10 minutes after an uphill motivated downshift.? ?So I've probably driven at 5500 for more than anybody's recommended.? So far, I've had no trouble.? ?But I don't want to invite trouble.
However, we have killed two vw transaxles.? ? My suspicion is that it can't really handle pulling our?16' sloop up ramps.? ? I was thinking of?a subarugears for the?next time it?dies,?but i've read too many horror stories recently.
oh yes, the speed limits are high around here.? ?We comfortably travel at 80 mph in 4th gear when flat and not windy.? ?It's noisy, but the vehicle handles great at that speed and the engine hasn't complained a bit.
On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 6:38?PM connor warren via <connor_warren59= [email protected]> wrote: ?I¡¯m only passing on what I was told by Steve after my failure. On my JDM, I will only occasionally spend several seconds over 4k rpm before shifting up because of what he told me about how I had abused my engine and caused it to fail. I generally cruise at 3400-3600 and get 20-24mpg all day in a fully loaded Westy depending on terrain and wind direction/speed.?
I¡¯m not going to get any further off topic regarding S&S, I¡¯m sure he has had many happy customers. Unfortunately, I don¡¯t fall into that category.?
On May 17, 2024, at 1:00?PM, Dr Mark <mark@...> wrote:
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So. I won¡¯t know until something bad happens or if I put 100k miles on my SS motor. But I have spent time at the shop and I feel comfortable with Steve¡¯s skill set . ( a rip-off artist doesn¡¯t invite you into
his cleanroom to watch him work) .
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Does anyone think 4000 k RPM is abuse on a EJ22 ??? ?. not me .The Subaru tach redline way above 4k RPM .
4K that was my shift point on the original VW and I¡¯ve kept that habit with both my EJ conversions .
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first one lasted more than 110 k miles without a internal rebuild and it had 111k miles when I transplanted.
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On the latest transplant I purposely short shifted at 3k RPM the first 1k miles ( oil & filter change at 200 & 1000 miles.)
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Now I shift @ 4K
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Steve builds off road racing motors, he knows a thing or two about high RPM.
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I don¡¯t know Connor and I feel bad for his experience but I suspect there is more to the story.
I will share what happens to me but so far I am happy with 2.5 k miles ( no long trip or real ?mountains yet !) .
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I did read that a post a while back. We're out of warranty by now for sure, but it is something in the back of my mind.
It appears we are abusing our motor nearly every grade.
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