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posted on August 5th, 2009 at 06:40 AM



Long driveway as well? :lol:



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posted on August 5th, 2009 at 09:07 AM



they dont come much longer and straighter than the Stuart Highway.



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posted on August 5th, 2009 at 01:43 PM



I have seen past 0 post before...... suprised me a little!!!!



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posted on August 6th, 2009 at 09:20 PM



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some guy in orange county back in the day got a speeding ticket in his ghia for 139mph


A VW 1200 Ghia (with a 1.927 m rolling circumference, 0.89 top and 4.375 diff), does 27.90 km/h per 1000 rpm. To do 139 mph (224 km/h), it must be doing 8022 rpm in top gear and have enough power to overcome the wind resistance (that increases with the square of the speed). Not saying it's impossible, but...

From period road tests, new VW models have the following measured top speeds:

VW 1200 Beetle 36-hp - 116 km/h (Wheels, Apr 1956)
VW 1200 Beetle 40-hp - 118 km/h (Wheels, Aug 1961)
VW 1300 Beetle 50-hp - 122 km/h (Car Life, Sep 1966)
VW 1500 Beetle 53-hp - 134 km/h (Wheels, Aug 1968)
VW 1600 Superbug S - 138 km/h (Wheels, July 1972)
VW 1600 Superbug L - 127 km/h (Modern Motor, June 1973)
VW 1600 Golf GLS - 153 km/h (Road & Track, July 1979)
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posted on August 6th, 2009 at 10:25 PM



geez they musta had a real fatass roadtest the LBug
all the other tests ive seen have them at 82-85mph

their road tests were pretty conservative when it came to topspeed, ive been in a bone stock 1500 bug that made 90mph with out to much effort and they list them as all being 80mph max...
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posted on August 7th, 2009 at 07:38 AM



Agreed Joel, the L tested a bit slower than it should have. I wonder if Modern Motor got one pretty much straight off the car transporter, brand new with 0 km on it, to test? If so it would have been very tight. June '73 was quite early in the L's production run.

Yes we all know that Beetles loosened up and improved their performance once they got a few thousand km on the clock. I remember pegging my old 40-hp off the clock a few times (an indicated 90 mph, 145 km/h). While the speedo was optimistic and it wasn't really going that fast, it was certainly faster than the 118 km/h that a new one supposedly maxed out at. No doubt that is why Lanock Motors chose to run race Beetles (Standards) at Bathurst with tens of thousands of km on them. Tight new ones would have been no good.

Anyway at least those road tests give an indication of how those models compared (when brand spanking new). I would think the L should have done the same as the S, or even a few km/h more, all things being equal.
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posted on August 7th, 2009 at 09:24 AM



given the number of S and L bugs ive owned and driven i can safely say a healthy example of either are on a par performance wise

the taller ratio box in an Lbug really doesnt make all that much difference, just abit quicker off the mark
but like Steve has said the curved windscreen makes a real differnce to the aerodynamics of the car
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posted on August 7th, 2009 at 10:48 AM
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Yes we all know that Beetles loosened up and improved their performance once they got a few thousand km on the clock. I remember pegging my old 40-hp off the clock a few times (an indicated 90 mph, 145 km/h). While the speedo was optimistic and it wasn't really going that fast, it was certainly faster than the 118 km/h that a new one supposedly maxed out at. No doubt that is why Lanock Motors chose to run race Beetles (Standards) at Bathurst with tens of thousands of km on them. Tight new ones would have been no good.

Spot on. As I mentioned previously my (Lanock Motors) Beetle clocked 86 MPH - timed - at Bathurst. Don't forget, though, that the staight is down-hill! A tail-wind and/or down hill makes a tremendous difference!

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posted on August 7th, 2009 at 10:53 AM



Quote:
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Yes we all know that Beetles loosened up and improved their performance once they got a few thousand km on the clock.


I didn't...! Thanks for that interesting fact. :)

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the taller ratio box in an Lbug really doesnt make all that much difference, just abit quicker off the mark.


I'd agree with that.... But, probably a combination of the box, and the boxer behind it (haha..funny).
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