Von Westy First Trip Post Conversion

[Silverghost500]

Taking some time off and taking a trip from the Atlanta area to Myrtle Beach area for the conversions first long journey. Conversion really doing well.
Still have some throttle response tuning to do, but getting there.

Running 65-75+ mph highway speeds. 210 miles out of just over 12 gallons each fill up.

My van looks funny surrounded by all these big motor homes and fifth wheel trailers!

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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
Honda K24A converversion-Road Testing Phase
3-Speed Automatic

Von Westy YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhyZYxJEQrUuLnMbLleeIA

[dublife13]

Wow! glad you are finally able to get it out on a proper trip and see how it runs. I have enjoyed following along with your swap and I am looking to start mine soon, which I may need some help with, hope you don't mind if I bounce some questions off you in the future.

Do you think you will be able to bump the MPG with that swap or is 17/18 mpg about its limits?

[Sodo]

Congrats!!
How about posting an “outline” of the converversion?
Specs, timeline, costs etc in outline form ?
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'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb

[mikemtnbike]

Interesting first trip, assuming you took the full interstate route from ATL-Myrtle, that's some...spirited...traffic at times and a nerve-y choice for shakedown run- really cool stuff, silverghost.
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1991 Vanagon GL 2.1 AT Westfauxlia. "Frankie" Totaled https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=764510&highlight=carnage
1995 Eurovan Camper "Marzivan"
2020 GTI SE manual

[Silverghost500]

I can probably get some better fuel economy with additional improvements to the ECU tuning. At 4K RPM range I’ve got it set kinda rich. I don’t want to go too lean as that can cause some overheating issues.

I will compile a list of components used during the conversion some
time in the near future.

Mostly took interstate. Bypassed Atlanta and went Hwy 20 to 85. Took me over 4 hours
to get to the state line due to traffic congestion. Once in SC it was fairly easy going traffic wise.
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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
Honda K24A converversion-Road Testing Phase
3-Speed Automatic

Von Westy YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhyZYxJEQrUuLnMbLleeIA

[RedVanagonGuy]

Awesome swap! Been watching closely. Looking forward to seeing a parts list and hopefully someone starts selling the motor mounts! Just got my rebuilt transmission in from Mr gas in Colorad. Gonna look at a used Honda K24A4 tomorrow. I’ve been looking at ECU options and Haltech looks a little expensive but love that it comes with its own wiring harness. Any chance you’d share that fuel map with me

[dublife13]

[jimf909]

It's good to see another conversion option get well underway.

[RedVanagonGuy]

[Silverghost500]

Spent the day at Huntington Beach State Park, South Carolina.
It was nice to have a comfortable spot to get out of the wind. Breeze
was quite brisk at times.

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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
Honda K24A converversion-Road Testing Phase
3-Speed Automatic

Von Westy YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhyZYxJEQrUuLnMbLleeIA

[Silverghost500]

First post-conversion trip complete! 1,018 miles in total. I’d fill up around the 210 mile range, and each fill up was between 12.0 to 12.4 gallons.

MPG suffered as I had some really “spirited” driving coming back home. I was running 75-85mph East of Columbia, SC, to the I-85/Hwy 20 exit.

One mechanical breakdown. An O-ring for the aftermarket power steering adapter failed, causing ATF/power steering fluid to leak out. Found that out making a hard left turn going into the historic district of Georgetown. $2.95 of an assortment of O-rings, a bottle of ATF, and I was back on the road. No further leaks.

So far I’m pretty happy with the results. There’s some improvements that need to be made to the ECU tuning that could help squeeze some more mpg’s, and smoother throttle response, but that’ll come. It accomplished what I needed it to. It got me there and back again, and started each time I turned the key.
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1986 Volkswagen Vanagon Westfalia "Von Westy"
Honda K24A converversion-Road Testing Phase
3-Speed Automatic

Von Westy YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbhyZYxJEQrUuLnMbLleeIA