Car. Car never changes. Or does it?
>>15340490
The anwser is NO.
The difference is the top one is proper, the bottom is dickish.
Why old Beetles are so rare in the streets these days?
>>15340491
Lol i actually hate that faggot whining about all the bullshit because STANCE
Glad that shitheap is still sitting in impound.
>>15340503
They're pretty common in the Nashville area. mostly 70's superbeetles though.
>>15340503
Air-cooled is murdered in stop&go traffic also boomers never driving a car they think is a collectible.
>look at my trophy on my lawn
>coolant has turned to acid
>no oil in the heads, will take months worth of wear when started
>gas is varnishing
>>15340503
Because keeping them running requires more effort than most people are willing to do. Air-cooled VW's need valve adjustments more often than most cars need oil changes.
Also,
>no climate control to speak of
>manual steering
>manual (drum) brakes
>0-60 in 20 seconds
>72 mph top speed on flat ground with no headwind
>swing-arm suspension geometry kills tires
Cars are ment to be driven.
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>>15340491
Cop is just making sure the shitheap hasn't catastrophically failed. Good thing the car is wearing its high-visibility wheel or people might not see it.
>>15340507
>coolant
Here's mine
>>15342162
Here's the engine
2180cc
130hp
>>15342166
>>15342162
>>15342166
>>15342173
Why not Subaru swap it?
>>15342176
Air cooled should stay air cooled anon
>>15342183
Wrong.
>>15342173
Here's a friends bus with a 1995cc making about 100hp
>>15340491
>>15340490
To be fair, the first picture the cop isn't measuring ride height but headlamp height, which was a federally-mandated regulation back in the day and partly the reason for such things as pop-up headlamps.
Note how that Beetle has plenty of ground clearance, normal camber, and normal tires, and the swagrabbit does not.
>>15342166
is it pretty slow?
im building one but im worried.
DPR 76mm crank
92mm mahle pistons/jugs
a 009 distributor, from the original engine builder in iowa. (fucking sucks)
a new empi bubble top case
straight cut gears for cam
revmaster CNC ported heads
-65cc chambers
-dual valve springs
-stainless 40x35.5 valves
CB performance intake with single DelOrto DLRA 48 (38mm venturi installed)
Engle FK43 cam
high ratio rockers 1.4:1, Kultect brand
stock con rods, balanced and reworked by builder
stock dual port end castings ported to fit the heads
>>15342215
>>15342223
also, Aluminum or steel pushrods?
>>15340524
>0-60 in 20 seconds
that seems a little too low
>>15342211
Op with 130hp bug here that bug is cal look
Pic related
>>15342162
>>15342173
nice bug ive got a stock 56 and 57 beatle in my garage
>>15342234
I recall reading they did 0-60 in 30 seconds. Painfully slow.
>>15342235
do you have the same tall 4th gear i have?
it seems like a huge jump from 3rd.
like driving a 5 speed with no 4th gear
>>15342242
does the heater work?
>>15342223
Pretends on how you tune it bit from the sounds of it you'll make 90-110 HP at least
>>15342255
yeah its not a big CC build, im going for longevity.
i want this motor to last at least 100k miles. hence the new case
>>15342249
Sorta I have a type 2 bus fourth gear because when I'm going over hills the motor doesn't take the load
>>15342267
Cool cool
>>15342269
it makes me wonder if my tranny is stock
because fucking hell it feels bad to have a tall 4th
either im bogging the motor down or its revving high in 3rd
>>15342283
You may need to get it replaced if its stock
>>15342288
never driven a stock one, whats it like?
i dont know what year its out of
its swingaxle, wide 5, and is pre reverse light
>>15340490
>>15342294
Stock bugs drive fine you don't need 260hp to drive 65miles per hour
>>15342302
i mean gearing wise
![VW-Subaru-STI-14[2].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/aGyMpUe.jpg "VW-Subaru-STI-14[2].jpg")
>>15342302
>>15342310
Stiffish like most old eurofag cars from the 60s
>>15342324
Clean
>>15342317
>>15342331
>>15342339
Yours if so just a opinion get a doghouse fan shroud because they cool better
>>15342351
wrong
type 3 coolers look the best
but this has appeal too
>>15342315
Still a vw engine and faster
>>15342361
faster? id like you to prove it
>>15340503
You see them occasionally in Montreal, late T2 buses too.
>>15342372
Porsche engines can't fit in bugs without cuting the body or if its out of a 356 it could fit
>>15342386
just do this son.
>>15342395
Give me the money and I would do it to my other bug
