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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#918400
vwo60 wrote:i do not have a problem keeping up with anybody, particually a standard 1500
That goes without saying, I reckon you'd probably get a nosebleed if you ever exceeded the speedlimit 😂

Bob down Wolfsburg Wizard

455 posts · joined Jan 2012 ·

#918417
robb wrote:but isn't that why we all drive and love da vw because they are different
amen to that brother!

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918421
Bob down wrote:
robb wrote:but isn't that why we all drive and love da vw because they are different
amen to that brother!
thats why I drive a type 3, coz a bug and bus are too same and common lol

jk😍

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

L469 Officially Full-On Dubber

288 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#918441
vlad01 wrote:
Bob down wrote:
robb wrote:but isn't that why we all drive and love da vw because they are different
amen to that brother!
thats why I drive a type 3, coz a bug and bus are too same and common lol



what do you drive vlad ?

did'nt know their was a type 3 commodore lol!😂
jk😍

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#918443
Hey Kevin are you taking it for a drive up to Warwick, it's a great drive in the bug

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#918444
that's funny I never see any old beetles, kombi's or type 3's when I'm out driving
And lucky to see 1/2 dozen oval bugs at Valla
vlad01 wrote:
Bob down wrote:
robb wrote:but isn't that why we all drive and love da vw because they are different
amen to that brother!
thats why I drive a type 3, coz a bug and bus are too same and common lol

jk😍

Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#918458
rose wrote:that's funny I never see any old beetles, kombi's or type 3's when I'm out driving
And lucky to see 1/2 dozen oval bugs at Valla
Although change the game of punch buggy to punch splitty and it will be dead arms all around.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918463
rose wrote:that's funny I never see any old beetles, kombi's or type 3's when I'm out driving
And lucky to see 1/2 dozen oval bugs at Valla
vlad01 wrote:
Bob down wrote:
robb wrote:but isn't that why we all drive and love da vw because they are different
amen to that brother!
thats why I drive a type 3, coz a bug and bus are too same and common lol

jk😍
i see bugs quite often in Melbourne. sometimes on the Calder too. only seen one type 3 actually driving on the road on the Calder, not in Melbourne yet besides the type 3 contingent meetings.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918464
L469 wrote:
vlad01 wrote:
Bob down wrote:
robb wrote:but isn't that why we all drive and love da vw because they are different
amen to that brother!
thats why I drive a type 3, coz a bug and bus are too same and common lol



what do you drive vlad ?

did'nt know their was a type 3 commodore lol!😂
jk😍
what do I drive? a variety of cars but yeah mostly the comode as its the most reliable out of all so far.

a type 3 commodore? probably no but a komidore hell yes! proven combo 👍

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#918466
Joel wrote:Although change the game of punch buggy to punch splitty and it will be dead arms all around.
After Valla Nambucca Joel,

it may be changed to punch a kombi.... lol

I never see any beetles about apart from the 3 locals who drive them [plus a one elderly original owner driver in Muswellbrook]

I do see the odd Kombi on the highway... usually bay window..

BUT ITS EASY FOR KIDS TO KNOW BEETLES/BUGGIES AS THEY ARE THE ONLY CARS THEY WILL SEE WITH RUNNING BOARDS...LOL LOL

LEE
- Helping keep Air Cooled VWs on the road - location: SCONE in the Upper Hunter Valley - Northern NSW 320 kms NNW of SYDNEY---

robb Officially Full-On Dubber

279 posts · joined Apr 2010 ·

#918534
ah dead arms those were the days havn't heard that one for a while

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#918537
If you go for a higher red line, you could stay in that gear a little longer 😂
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918680
bajachris88 wrote:If you go for a higher red line, you could stay in that gear a little longer 😂
is 7k for stock low enough?

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

bajachris88 The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 6

6,661 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#918685
vlad01 wrote:
bajachris88 wrote:If you go for a higher red line, you could stay in that gear a little longer 😂
is 7k for stock low enough?
Do it in your type 3 and tell me how it goes 😂
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918717
That I have tried by accident and on purpose. was fine! 🤓👍

but on a more serious note yes a stock 1600 twin carb will go past 7k with extractors but stock exhaust doesn't seem to go past 6.5k?
I had a buggy with type 3 twin carb that I ended up rev limiting to 6k coz I found out how high I was going before shifts when I installed a tach, thought it was wrong reading so I checked with another tach and so the limiter went in. Found myself hitting around 7-7.5k and that was way too much.

Scary how much they can rev, yet common believe is they can't go that high.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#918745
Stock valve spring floats at about 4500 RPM

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918749
here is mine lightly revving, so if I flatten the pedal it would sit around just under 6.5-7k



yeah valve float doesn't mean max rpm, more like max cfm and valve bounce.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

65standard Officially Full-On Dubber

373 posts · joined Apr 2009 ·

#918756
Love my car, but not the drive.


Most have probably seen my car over the long build period on here and I have to say I enjoyed the build and love my car and the VW world.

But I must say I am not enjoying the driving experience as I thought I would. Not in relation to the handling, steering or brakes but the short gear shifts required every time I take off at lights etc.

Seems like I only go about 10 feet and then have to change to 2nd and feels like I don't really get going until I'm in 3rd gear. I know these cars were designed for a standard 1200, 1300 etc but I thought with a decent motor in there it would be better.

I have to say, I am even thinking that a WRX motor and 5 speed looks very enticing at the moment. Maybe I am just use to driving modern cars and the way that they drive.

Please tell me your thoughts or am I just not use to my car. Have only done about 1000kms in it in 6 months as I seem to only get it out every few weeks for a drive.

Cheers, Kevin
Maybe you should come along on my next fundraiser drive, and see if you have the same thoughts AFTER the drive. After the 7,674km drive this year in my stock 1200, I wouldn't have done this or any drive in any other car.

It's a Volkswagen. They drive the way they do, because that's the way they were designed.
If it ain't broke, fix it till it is!

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#918768
vlad01 wrote:here is mine lightly revving, so if I flatten the pedal it would sit around just under 6.5-7k



yeah valve float doesn't mean max rpm, more like max cfm and valve bounce.
mmm. say no more.🤪
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

L469 Officially Full-On Dubber

288 posts · joined Mar 2010 ·

#918779
matberry wrote:
vlad01 wrote:here is mine lightly revving, so if I flatten the pedal it would sit around just under 6.5-7k



yeah valve float doesn't mean max rpm, more like max cfm and valve bounce.
mmm. say no more.🤪
+1
🤓🙅

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#918790
vlad01 wrote:here is mine lightly revving, so if I flatten the pedal it would sit around just under 6.5-7k



yeah valve float doesn't mean max rpm, more like max cfm and valve bounce.
that dont look right , i think that its a Tacho out of a 6 or 8 cylinder porshe 😂
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#918791
I have 2 beetles with the same gear box , one is stock and one is moded motor , I get the same speed at of each, just that I go futher in the stock motor before I have to change gears .
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918812
ian.mezz wrote:
vlad01 wrote:here is mine lightly revving, so if I flatten the pedal it would sit around just under 6.5-7k



yeah valve float doesn't mean max rpm, more like max cfm and valve bounce.
that dont look right , i think that its a Tacho out of a 6 or 8 cylinder porshe 😂

If it was is would be reading slower as a 6 cly tach need 3 pulses per rev and the 4 cly tach needs 2 per rev, so a 6 cyl tach on a 4 cyl engine reads at 66.66666666% of the actual speed and 8 cyl reads at 50% actual speed.


this is in fact a genuine 912 tach that I later dissemble and restored and sold to a Porsche owner, the part number under the bezel clearly identified it at a 4 cyl 912 tach.

Also this was consistent with all other electronic analogue and digital tachs I have used on type 3.

I am not saying that you should rev one that hard but you certainly can, useful for that 3rd to 4th grand canyon. wind it right out in 3rd and u can land 4th in a good part of the power band.

I don't know about bugs of buses but dual carb with short intake runner make reving the shit out of type 3 easy and fun 😎

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918814
matberry wrote:
vlad01 wrote:here is mine lightly revving, so if I flatten the pedal it would sit around just under 6.5-7k



yeah valve float doesn't mean max rpm, more like max cfm and valve bounce.
mmm. say no more.🤪

fine!

do you even know what valve float is or looks like in real life?

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 ·

#918815
ian.mezz wrote:I have 2 beetles with the same gear box , one is shock and one is mod motor , I get the same speed at of each, just that I go futher in the stock motor before I have to change gears .
what rpm? same as what I get? or different?

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#918872
vlad01 wrote:
matberry wrote:
vlad01 wrote:here is mine lightly revving, so if I flatten the pedal it would sit around just under 6.5-7k



yeah valve float doesn't mean max rpm, more like max cfm and valve bounce.
mmm. say no more.🤪


fine!

do you even know what valve float is or looks like in real life?
yes
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#918881
back to the topic guys 😊


vwo60 Veteran Volks Folk

2,036 posts · joined Feb 2007 ·

#918913
I have four modified vw's and the build on each of them was only part of the journey, it take's a fair bit of effort to meld all the parts and modification together to make a complete car that drives as well as it looks and that is the issue. it is a balancing act that requires years of experence.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#918922
vwo60 wrote:I have four modified vw's and the build on each of them was only part of the journey, it take's a fair bit of effort to meld all the parts and modification together to make a complete car that drives as well as it looks and that is the issue. it is a balancing act that requires years of experence.
Well put, and soooo true, I do this for a living and have done for pretty well all my working life and it's very hard getting people to understand the effort involved to get a modified vehicleto do everything how you expect/want.
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#918924
Kev, how about you give it some more time. You have been through quite a bit of 'pressure', including the work on the car......don't take it out on the poor old Beetle.😁

As I said before, enjoy it for what it is, and make gradual improvements. If it eventually turns out to be something that you do not like, sell it and try again.

And, by the way, valves don't float....at least not in kero or water, but they do bounce....if you drop them on the concrete floor.😵‍💫
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!