Q) Whats a Rotary drive like in a full bodied beetle

Hi all,

I guess some of the answers may be biased, but wondering what a 12a n/a drives like in a full bodied (not baja) beetle.

Does the standard gearbox ratios suit a rotary and what would the engine be spinning at sitting on 100kmph.

Would anyone be able to give me a rough guide as to what a standard 12a would push the beetle down the quarter mile in. I know there will be variances, but just roughly.

Also I know it has been argued on here about using a rotary in a vw and some people are not into rotors, but due to the small price to get the car going better I think it would have to be ones first option to consider.

I would love to put in a 13B turbo, but this is apparently out of the question 😠 for NSW. I had a series 4 RX7 Turbo years ago and can only think how much quicker it would be in a lighter car 😎

Is it still hard to get an adapter plate and other necessities for this conversion.

Thanks in advance, Kevin

rotary in a mazda r 100 or alike is ace
air cooled flat 4 is for a vw ride
don't muck with it
save ur cash n buy your mum something nice for mothers day..

h wrote:rotary in a mazda r 100 or alike is ace
air cooled flat 4 is for a vw ride
don't muck with it
save ur cash n buy your mum something nice for mothers day..

buy her a rotary bug! 😂

Sherman sells the adapter plates...Bugzla has a rotor beetle in the for sale section so pm him and ask him!!

h wrote:rotary in a mazda r 100 or alike is ace
air cooled flat 4 is for a vw ride
don't muck with it
save ur cash n buy your mum something nice for mothers day..

H - not the answer I was looking for, but I'm sure my Mum will be happy.

I would prefer to build a VW engine with EFI and Turbo, but you are then talking at least $10,000. This is the reason I am inquiring about the Rotary option.

Kev

Theres a quite a few youtube video's with rotary whole body bugs... search it up.

The person who put hte movie up 50% of the time was either a friend or the car owner themself. Contact them through youtube, you can send the author's messages.

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=75347 .... Buy it! hahah.
I would love this, it would be amazing I recon. go test drive it, if you like it, buy it. its pretty well done IMO