The better half reckons her 1600 beetle does 85mph (on a privately owned, no speed limit German autobahn north of Wollongong) Is that good?
What can a stock (or silly) beetle wind out to before either meltdown or terrifying high speed handling occurs?
I guess spending money on handling comes into it as much as power, but is it possible to have a performance car?
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i got my 1700 big bore up to 140Km before backing off due to winds
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As fast as the tow truck carrying it can go.
Cheers
Dave
Whats the differance between pushing a beetle and putting your hands up Kylie Minogues top.
You feel more of a tit pushing a beetle.
Cheers
Dave
i can get my 1600 up to 140, but its mainly due to the kads. My old 1600 didnt fell comfortable pusing past 100, but that was a semi-auto and didnt have dual kads.
barls wrote:i got my 1700 big bore up to 140Km before backing off due to winds
mmm...got my 67' with a 1640 up to 140km/h too, then she started to feel real floaty in the tail so I back right off.
something about the air clinging to the curved shape and it lifts the car up at high speed. fluid dynamics and all that. An old guy told me about it once. you put the convex side of the spoon right near running stream of water and the edge of the stream of water gently pulls it sideways right into the main stream. got an italian name, the 'canneloni' or 'luigi' effect or something.
so over 100mph you need a rear wing of some sort. that's what they found racing beetles at bonneville,
but please don't hear me telling people to put awful whaletails on their cars? :cussing
:puke
hey peter i only say 1700 big bore cause i dont know if it was a 1640 or 1680 due to the pistons being left over from when he was young and stupid
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barls wrote:hey peter i only say 1700 big bore cause i dont know if it was a 1640 or 1680 due to the pistons being left over from when he was young and stupid
that's cool, I just meant I had a similar experience, I don't mind if you have a 2.8L :P
oh BTW, I've had my buggy (a 2.5l) up to 80mph. that was no where near the top of 3rd gear and it felt even worse than the beetle, the whole thing started to shake. 🙁
so I spose I'll take it easy, beside you nearly get blown out of the car :o
[Edited on 17-11-2004 by pete wood]
160km/hr on the dot, at 5000rpm on the dot. thats in a L bug with a 1776cc, twin dells, mild cam etc. It produces about 70hp at the rear wheels (assume about 100hp at the fly wheel), std gb and 205/60r15 and lowred.
I have an old book (70's) that has a graph of Hp vs speed for a beetle, eg to get x mph you require y hp at the engine. its a rough guide.
i think 100mph requires rougly 100hp, which is right for my car.
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
and on the track i got to about 130km/r in 3rd, that was today :thumb and wasn;t looking for 4th :blush
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
Umm, does downhill on the Hume count? if so I managed to get a stock 1600 to 100mph, well I saw 160kmph touched by the needle anyways. Scared the b:jesus out of myself doing it. was light as crap and had to slow down gently to stay on the road.
'Ah, whatever................'
i don't have a beetle..i have a golf...
but it's just on the dark side of 200....
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oh..i haven't tried with the 64 type 3..but dad says when the speedo stops at 90...the car doesn't 😀😀😀
[Edited on 17-11-2004 by zac_smits]
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about 4 mths ago on hwy up here
speedo read 85mph revs read 4000
kombi was vibrating a little, i was
vibrating a lot so backed off & vowed
not to do a silly thing like that again
the differance between pushing a beetle and putting your hands up Kylie Minogues
I would like to shove my hand down her top while holding the other end .... Rnt i a rude boy
My VW goes as fast as the speed limit will let it
I have had my splitty up to 80mph with pedal left ..doesn't handle very well at that speed though..there is no where to test how fast it will go
Keeping it real !
One of my Beetles with the 1800cc in it does just over 200kph-Saturday week it's booked in to get a new brain,which is supposed to let it do 240kph. Can't wait to see if can scare me.
^^^^^^^
holy shit!!!
oh and to the kylie thing...she'd only come up to my below my chin...she's only 5ft tall...
i'd have to be sitting down or something :P
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My 62 single cab with irs and an L bug box will do 80mph at 3600rpm all day long and thats with a stock 1600, when my 2007cc stroker goes in i hate to think how fast it will go!
Alex.
someone on this site once made a joke about their VW being able to do 0-100 km/h in just 3 seconds.................vertically, off a clifff. heheheheheheehehhehehehehehehe.............i thought it was funny:repuke
hahaha
now that's a good joke!
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I did 180ks down oran park straight with no whale tail but was a little hairy into the corner at the end but car wasnt setup then, and did 205ks down eastern creek with the whale tail and appart from just having to concentrate it was all sweet!
Did anyone know thats in the second world war the germans made 3 bombs, the V1, V2 and the VW.... hahahha
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they're all coming out of the woodwork today!!
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if a hill advantage does count i got a twin port 1600 type 3 square to about 145 but f#$k it was scary, its as was starting to get all over the place. i doubt i'd have gotten there without the hill, and yes, it was a big one
My freind ben had his oval with a 2.8l type 4 motor on a porsche 5 speed maxed out in 4TH at 135 mp/h. YES MP/H. That is bloody fast.
Also done on a privately owned no speed limit freeway link road.😀
WOW!!! Many years ago my dad with his oval did 140 MPH at 6600 rpm with a 2L motor. Ummm yeh on one of those private road thingy me bobs :duh
Got a stock 1300 lowered with 14's to 75mph down Richmond rd. Didn't feel real good at this speed but it will handle 65mph no worries at all. I thought it was bloody impressive of the old girl to go that fast. Not an experience I want to do again in a hurry.
Beetle cruise - Alfa for fast...
I think it might take off if he ever gets it into 5TH gear 😀😀😀
Seen 6200rpm in 4th on a 4.1 diff and fatties - I think that's 210km/h. Gentle downhill. 5800rpm on the flat. Fast e-fukken-nuff....
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