88mm slip in cylinders, big cam, high compression ratio, centermounted 40mm Dellorto, 009 distributor, some cheap header exhaust. Tuned by an old race guru.
You may push your luck too far if you tried 115. I don't think I will again, without some serious suspension mods and probably a roll cage. But hey, I was young and dumb :)
BTW I don't think the car could have done it twice. It was a short lived , high revving engine. And I beat the snot out of it :D
Jan
No, it didn't. They did in Europe and the rest of the world. Only Supers came with IRS.
This was 185KPH, which equals 115MPH.
I never said the engine was stock... the suspension and brakes were.
Jan
That's hardly a "standard" 1974 Beetle. :)
Uhh, it's a "Standard" as opposed to a "Super Beetle".
Jan
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:08:09 -0500, Jan Andersson scribbled this interesting note:
I know you will take this in the spirit in which it is meant:
You, sir, have been, on occasion, a Full Blown Idiot! !:~)
-- John Willis snipped-for-privacy@airmail.net (Remove the Primes before e-mailing me)
AH HA I thought it was not a "stock" Beetle!
I used to do some amazing things with my 1967 Beetle Conv, but I never pushed it that fast. ;-)
Have a happy and SAFE holiday!
LOL!
Yes, I sure have :D
Jan
I am not up to traveling anymore.Three miles round trip to the food store once or twice a couple of weeks or so is about it for me.Any old aircooled 1960s VW I might buy will have to be very local area for me. cuhulin
I have one of those big old thick tips and tricks soft cover books about old aircooled VWs around here somewhere.I forget the title and the author of that book.I am not neat and tidy and organized.It would take me a while to find that book. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, y'all. cuhulin
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