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power to performance ratio

https://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/threads/80474/power-to-performance-ratio

kalkkuna 路

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 路

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

kalkkuna 路

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?

dangerous 路

try these:

http://www.wallaceracing.com/Calculators.htm

http://www.wallaceracing.com/0-60_equation.php
mine is 2.64 seconds to 60mph馃槀

ian.mezz 路

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

dangerous 路

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.



polak 路

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

Joel 路

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 路

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 路

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

ryana89 路

This thread/program may be helpful http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=18037