Beetle Drag Car.

[Little Butch]

Been Into Vee dubs since I was young, we used to go to Santa pod for the Volksfest etc but as I was fairly young I didn't understand what made the Cars go fast etc but now I'm older I'm even more Interested!

What's the easiest/cheapest way to big power In the Beetle?
What kind of 1/4 mile times are acheivable and how much money Is Involved?

Anything that you think might be relavent, please post!
Was thinking about relatively cheap 1/4 mile Cars the other Day and the Beetle's only just popped Into my head! Something I'd like to do In the future (couple of years) as I'm learning Mechanics.

Butch

[BoraBora]

tune it and keep it stock, if that makes sense, then enter it in a stock beetle's VS mini's drag race :P

[Dr G]

Well the neighbours here are currently working on an RS6 powered beetle and I'm certain I saw some big nitrous bottles next to it...

[Little Butch]

I was just reading a thread on here where a bloke was dropping a WRX Impreza engine Into His, now that sounds lethal!

[aka_kerrly]

i know someone running a Audi S3 20vt lump in a mid mount RWD classc beetle set up. Ought to be good for 300+Hp an sub 13sec 1/4s. Shell cost few hundred quid, engine/box and ECU are likely to set you back £1-2k. I believe the biggest issue was making the engine mounts and using a front subframe from a FWD 20vt adapted to fit to the rear of the beetle - at least i think thats what he has done.

[Dilligaf10]

Pah! to your Impreza & Audi lumps.. I know of a 2000bhp Top Methanol engine going in a splitty!!!

[some kid]

i no it ain't a beetle but it got a super beetle engine in it and produces close to 200 horse power which is just about 600 break horse power per tire

i no we haven't put plates and insurence on it yet
also throw on a turbo or super charger for another 2 or 3 grand in dollars and all together it would be about 8 to 10 grand into an engine i just need the turbo

Edited by some kid on Wednesday 19th May 03:31

[Forum Ninja]

some kid said:

i no it ain't a beetle but it got a super beetle engine in it and produces close to 200 horse power which is just about 600 break horse power per tire

Eh? Don't get that.

How did you get 200 horsies out of an aircooled VW engine? Must be some serious mods in there!

Looks fun though, none the less.

Edited by Forum Ninja on Thursday 20th May 00:28

[Forum Ninja]

Little Butch said:

What's the easiest/cheapest way to big power In the Beetle?

Cheapest is probably going with a Scooby lump, but will be a bit of hassel fitting up the cooling system as you'll have to fit a radiator. Sounds straight forward, but can be a pain if you want it to be properly hidden.

Easiest is probably buying a blueprinted 1776cc or bigger from a proper engine builder (someone like John Maher http://www.johnmaherracing.co.uk ). Get your hands on a copy of his JMR Performance Guide. It's really helpful and gives an idea of what performance gains can be reached with what degree of modifications. I looked into getting a top end 1776cc build a few years ago and costs were in the region of 6ooo of the finest english pounds You get what you pay for though. I know of many cheap engine builds that have given up the ghost pretty quickly because they weren't built properly.

When I get back to the UK in a few years, my plans are to have a well balanced standard 1600 (maybe 1641cc) with a decent cam, slap a turbo on and run very high boost. If I blow the engine, no biggy as they're dirt cheap to replace as no engine machining (save for a bit of balancing) and no expensive aftermarket parts

Good luck with it. Beetles are great cars to work with and lend themselves really well to modification

Edited by Forum Ninja on Thursday 20th May 00:43

[some kid]

Forum Ninja said:

some kid said:

i no it ain't a beetle but it got a super beetle engine in it and produces close to 200 horse power which is just about 600 break horse power per tire

Eh? Don't get that.

How did you get 200 horsies out of an aircooled VW engine? Must be some serious mods in there!

Looks fun though, none the less.

Edited by Forum Ninja on Thursday 20th May 00:28

Yes very serious mods my dad bored the pistons 30 over i think and duel carbs. thats all my dad told me he did to the engine but i no there is more and the trans never breacks which is surpriseing but the 6 rib vw van trans have stronger trans axles. The engine is 1880cc i think my dad said and the next engine is 2045cc its going to be wicked fast by the time we get it out in the sand dunes.

Edited by some kid on Thursday 20th May 13:07