i was after a few ideas on how people get their beetle to stick to the road.
springs
shocks
tyres
glue
whats your view.
height
torsion bars
tyres
springs
shocks
clean undies
not in that order 
you talking Standard or Super
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944 rear end, some nice 7 or 8 inch wide mags, good rubber and lowered until it is nice and solid. Mine has that with some struts from vforce and it
corners flat. Before it had the deep sump it would lose oil pressure around every corner 
Hi
The biggest improvement is decent size wheels and tyres.
Steve
wide tyres number 1, and lowering the front helps greatly.
All of the above and knowing the capabilities of your vehicle,a course at the advanced driving school helps.
If you have a super, go the carter option.
if you have a beam/swinger...... get more power and just slide it around corners...like drifty dave.... wait... drifty, maybe i should take your
super, and you can get a beam/swinger and slide it? cool. done. sweet.
disagree. you have to get a good seat first. you cant drive a car to its potential if your using the steering wheel to hold you upright. Its
impossible. You dont need too much support on the base side, but you do need it around the shoulders, which is what a lot of "sport" seats lack.
Forget importing any other seats from production road cars. Get a single race seat for yourself. Passengers can just hang on to their stock seat or
the oh shit handle.
Type 3 wagon rear torsion bars are an improvement, but probabloy still a bit light. sway bars and some kone shocks. I dont think you need to go too
wide on the wheels and tyres. A 205 width tyre in 50 to 60 series is all you'd need to go. Its only a beetle, not too much weight to throw around.
EDIT: I dont know what they do with those funny cars with coil springs.
dont have coils their to modern.
but sliding of your seat is always good for a laugh.
and you tell your mates that you going that hard you were thrown out of your seat. even if you were just going round a round-a-bout.
sell it and get a strut bug 
6" rims, slightly lowered (bout 2") good shocks (bilsteins, koni etc) replace all your bushings, wheel bearings, tie rod ends etc and a good front
swaybar
and if your brakes are all up to scratch you'll really be surprised how well an old bug can hug the road
even a swingaxle and tractor front end
Try this:
"Suspension Tuning Tips for Type 1 Swingaxle Beetles, IRS Beetles and Buggies"
http://www.aircooled.net/gnrlsite/resource/articles/handling.htm
hth