how much horsepower does a bug need to do a wheelie?

Stock engine, and a massive solid lead rear spoiler ;)

Jan

I liked Tims answer better...................But this would work also.

Weights and balances are pretty cool.

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Heh....I think he means WITHOUT the rear wheels attached to the ground.

~Anthony

Most wheelie cars are light. Torque is the key. Hay Jan, I rather go fast!! On the Lead idea. Did you know the land speed record for a stock bodies car 2.0 or smaller is held by a guy with bug using a T-4 engine. He took his daily rider and welded the front hood shut, and put equal amount of lead to balance his weight on the passengers side and did 155.45 mph. He did have 190hp. He does not do wheelie but does have a wing to put lead on if he wishes. Joe

My 1957 Oval did a one-foot high wheelie ~many~ years ago. The car was pretty much stripped. Stuck in the leftover 1600cc Type 3 engine (ported, dual carbs, headers, 009, etc. - nothing too expensive but seemed to work well), along with some gasoline in the winshield washer fluid tank, an electric fuel pump, an aluminum, fold-up type lawn chair (seriously), a length of string to work the throttles, no brakes, a couple of toggle switches - and off we go. Rolled it out into the street (side street - pretty quiet area), fired her up, pulled the throttle string and popped the clutch.

Did I mention the lawn chair?

As I was crawling along the floor back in the general direction of the steering wheel while the car continued to roll forward, 'the boys' (friends) came running after me holding their hands one above the other about a foot apart. They were all screaming "Wheelie, wheelie, wheelie..."

One of my friends had a VW bus (I can't remember the year, the one with the Type 4 / "Porsche" motor). He had done some minor modifications to the exhaust system (freaking loud, sputtering flames). On a good day, with extreme abuse (rev to the limit, pop clutch), it could lift the front wheels about an inch off the ground. Probably as much to do with the flywheel as anything.

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Just one would do. If you could get it to stand on the back bumper without collapsing anything....

What??

-- the Grokdoc Tom Malmevik all that groks is god

Hehehehe

That's faster than I'd ever want to travel in any bug.

Jan

I hope he had a roll cage!

Best answer so far. Welcome to my sig file.

YMMD, Erik.

But you'd do it in a bus though, right? ;)