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On 9 Aug 2003 at 21:23, Dave Hall wrote: > > Why would they show the Type 34 at a higher > > rpm than the Type 3? As far as I know, in the later years there were no > > mechanical differences between the Type 3 and 34, so why would their > > performance be different? > > If it's going faster it would have to have a higher rpm, unless the gearbox was > different. ;-) > I guess the lighter, lower body is the reason - more streamlined. A Squareback > kerb weight is 1034kg, and a Fastback is 1010kg. Was it 940kg quoted for a Type > 34? Unladen weights from a 72 Owner's manual: fastback = 2226lbs (1010kg) squareback = 2282lbs (1035kg) Sounds like our figures are starting to converge.... -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org