Did VW make a 120mph or higher speedo?

I think your speedo should read up to 100 mph, I just replaced one in a 73 super and every one I have goes to 100mph. I don't think VW made a speedo that read higher for the beetles, they did for the ghias thou. You are going to have o go aftermarket for anything higher then 100mph.

Mario

David, About 115MPH in a beetle you will be close to hitting the aerodynamic wall where you don't have enough HP to break through it. This is due to the frontal area of a beetle's shape. The gearing may take you to

125, but even withj my engine you may not have the HP to pull that gear past 115 unless you make the car a tad more aerodynamic.

I have hit the wall in my 66 at about 125 with a 185BHP engine and the same gearing as you have. It was scary!

Just calibrate the speed using a tachometer.

Just calibrate the speed using a tachometer.

There is simply no need to go that fast anyway, unless you are racing on a track. Autocross courses are generally too small to allow you to attain such speeds. For track racing that reaches speeds over 120-30 MPH, I guess a front air dam (a good one), good lowering job, aerodynamic headlights, doorhandles (lack thereof), fenders and maybe some sort side skirts might get you to 140 MPH. But holy cow, I would never want to go that fast anyway!

~Anthony

Hehehe... My mate Darron has 240hp in his super beetle - it'll do 145 on the track :-) hehehe. He has a 911 5 spd 'box now.. dunno if that will make a difference :-) heehehe

You need some aero dynamic help at spped in a beetle too - they're shaper surprisingly similar to a plane wind :-)

Allan :-)

A 3" front drop and adding an airdam is in the plan :) What's freaky is the way the steering gets easier as you go faster.. aka, the front is lifting.

I took it to what I thought was 100, by the tach and time it took for the speedo to come off the stop after letting off.

That's one hell of a motor you made for me!

Like redo the silkscreen then gear it down (or whatever the method is). There's this speedo shop in Hayward I should drop by and ask them what they think.

And that's where I shift into fourth!

David,

Im interested what spec is your engine ? and what does TIV stand for ? What is MPG like ? (under 15mpg ?)

I have a 1776cc (just under 80bhp at the wheels) on a 1200 gearbox and that goes off the clock, screams thou :-)

John

Type-4, 159ft/lbs @ 3500rpm, 156hp @ 6500rpm Built by Jake Raby:

MPG is unknown. Around 16 at first, but isn't dialed-in yet. Since changing the throttle arm geometry, I hope this improves MPG now that all starts don't have to be jack-rabbit ones. I haven't messed around with the distributor at all yet.

If you drive a stock Bug over 100mph you are just plain out of your friggin mind. The aerodynamics make it a candidate for a turn-over. Run a big-ass wing.

Yer crazy.

SO WHAT? Yer here bragging and making yourself look stupid.

Have you no clue as to what aerodynamics is all about?

Uh oh. I hope he doesn't notice my comments in the other thread about my Civic smoking an Accord or he'll be all over me like stink on shit, like white on rice, like ........

Nothin's wrong with braggin'. I got rights with a car to prove it. You don't know what a controlled power slide is until you do it with a quaife..

Without sandbags, it's scary as, yes, the steering gets "looser" as you go faster. With 160lbs in the front, she's nice and stable. Is that a wing off the decklid, or do you mean a spoiler? Yes, I do need a spoiler. The kamai one seems to be the nicest choice.