It just goes to show you can make anything fast if you put the right engine in it.
A 1965 Beetle has embarrassed a Porsche 997 Carerra S by taking it on the drag strip at Santa Pod.
The driver of the battered looking gold Bug told the Porsche driver to race him, a challenge he gladly took up.
But the turbocharged Beetle flew down the strip in 11.04 seconds with a terminal speed of 129.77 MPH against the Porsche’s E.T. of 13.18 seconds and terminal speed of 113.03 MPH.
Martin Greaves, driver and owner of the Beetle, said of his win: ‘I am delighted. After achieving the 10.88 seconds in the morning, I told the owner of the Porsche that he should race me. I said I thought it would be close, but that he was going to win because my car’s only a Beetle.’
The Bug has a 2276cc engine with a 650cfm Holley and Turbo Dynamics reconditioned draw through turbo set up.
Turbo Dynamics rebuilt, specially modified and fully blueprinted the car's T04B turbo.
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