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

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:

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 s*it, 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.