University students create hybrid 1974 Volkswagen Beetle

desh Wolfsburg Wizard

463 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 16 Oct 2009, 2:51 pm

#741156

University students create hybrid 1974 Volkswagen Beetle

http://www.carbuyersnotebook.com/university-students-create-hybrid-1974-volkswagen-beetle/

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Des

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 17 Oct 2009, 2:08 pm

#741334

nice find

vwjon Fahrvergnugen

914 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 17 Oct 2009, 7:50 pm

#741417

its a strange concept, theres a diesel powered genny that charges batteries that drive an electric motor, the are achieving 50 mile per gallon at 30 mile per hour, if they dropped a golf 1.9 turbo engine in the back, they could get 70mpg, and a top speed of 120mph.

give me a milliuon i'll make that bug engine run on water!! the technology is out there!

3 1959 cadillacs
1 musso
2 early notchbacks
2 split kombis
2 split panels
1 split ute
1 low light panel
1 ex-pmg bay
1 country buggy
1 beetle ute
1 14" syncro caravelle
1 16" syncro doka
1 golf cabrio
1 vw camper trailer
2 3meter bombs

eraser Fahrvergnugen

970 posts · joined Mar 2005 · 18 Oct 2009, 12:13 am

#741460

vwjon wrote:give me a milliuon i'll make that bug engine run on water!! the technology is out there!

The aus army and the germans both had cars that ran on water back in ww2 😉 where are they now.

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 18 Oct 2009, 12:20 am

#741461

they were steam though weren't they?

i dunno.

I wish my uni did this. Mechanical Engineering (i'm doing at QUT) sure has an automotive engineering minor, but building the cars etc, like the uni formula series is extra curriculum stuff and therefore doesn't go to any addictional credit points towards the degree 🙁. Its kinda give up your time and simply get a pat on the back for it. And times a bit tight when your studying full time.

+ at qut its all bolt on stuff... the only engineering you do is in the tube chassis. And even that has restrictions for class! Not much if any custom machine work... then you can't do half the fab cause of liability crap....

sigh...

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Thinker Seriously Crusin Dubber

162 posts · joined Oct 2008 · 18 Oct 2009, 8:53 pm

#741637

what about the spare tyre and the shopping bags!

1970 bug /1500 stock as a rock.
1976 standard bug ready to be modified 😁😁😁😁😁