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<x-charset iso-8859-1>The performance of the automatic Type 34 (and presumably the rest of the Type 3s too) was less than stunning when it was brand new. 0-100 kph in 25 seconds, apparently. It's the kind of acceleration that could get you killed trying to merge with motorway traffic. Daniel Baum 1969 Type 34 automatic http://www.qldesign.com/type34 > > Basically when the tranny gets hot/warm it has trouble accelerating from > > stand-still. No problems accelerating at speed, though. > > That's not too different from my experience in Jim's AT injection > Squareback - it seemed to be OK at speed, but lacked response at low engine > speeds. I've not driven AT Type 3s before, but it was not close to my twin > carb MT performance when loaded similarly. My FI MT Fastback has a little > more performance still. > > Dave. > UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club > http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ > ------ > > > ------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> > For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>