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kalkkuna Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#749184
hi everyone i am new to vw and i am wodering how much power is needed to gain a certain level of performance measured by exceleration in a beetle or kg?

trickysimon 100km/h is only 9 seconds away

1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 ·

#749185
60-70hp atw will get you to 100km/h in around 9 seconds if that helps 😏

kalkkuna Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#749186
yes it does thank you, and how much more power is then needed to drop that figure by one second and so on. My guess is that is that each subsequent second will need an increasingly larger gain in horsepower or am i wrong?

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

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·

#749212
ok we have a couple of street vw beetles
one has 65Hp and the cal time is 0-60 in 8.66
one has 177hp and the cal time is 0-60 in 6.0
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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#749217
Jak Rizzo wrote:Hi Dave

it's saying that mine is 4.23seconds, but I have measured my car with one of those G-Tech gizmos & got 4.8seconds for the 0-100. Do u know what yours is in the real word & if so is it different to the computer calc?
regards
Jak
Hi Jak,
I cant really say how accurate it is,
but based on the end of second gear being about 60mph at 8400, it is probably closer to 3.5 seconds:
Just for reference the ca makes 220atw and weighs 809kg.



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polak Everything is alright with enough Vodka :P

913 posts · joined May 2009 ·

#749238
they are brilliant dave, thanks for sharing.... just had some fun with a few of them...


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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#749293
My Lbug which is the heaviest model bug but also the most aerodynamic was pulling around 7.5 0-100 with my untuned supercharged 1776 which was roughly about 100hp atw

kalkkuna Learner Dubber

3 posts · joined Nov 2009 ·

#749306
thanks guys that site was interesting, i also found the John Maher Racing site had some examples fo different engines builds and what hp. and excelleration figures could be expected from them. sorry i don't know how to make the link.

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#749327
Hillbilly racer gets a 4.18 sec 0-60 with the old engine.
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