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?

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

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?

try these:

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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