That's pretty cool dude... Considering you got 4 x the power out of it had it been stock... lol... Alot of people don't realize what the little old school air cooled vws will do... My Dad drag raced an old Myer Manx VW for about 20 years and always had a blast watching people laugh at us when we pulled up, and then leave pissed when their big blocks got sent home on the trailer by us... lol Keep it up man, its a great looking ride...
@justforever96 Unlike what everyone else is saying, the other fact about slicks wrinkling like that on launch is because they are running low air pressure to allow the tire to sag for more contact patch, that why you see alot of drag cars running bead lock screws to keep the rim from spinning in the tire.
the whole tire grows larger in diameter and narrower in width.... slicks, steel belted radials... anything pliable will grow in size if you spin it fast enough. Centrifugal force at work
slicks are like anti-belted.... and yes that is why they wrinkle, sort of. The wrinkle is a function of a very soft high profile sidewall, the tires are also built on a bias ply, not any form of radial or belt {typically}. They are made to have a large flat contact patch, much like a sprinters foot at the start of a race. Traditional tires are designed to stay round under all conditions, which makes them predictable in all directions. Drag slicks laterally are spooky.
I'm not sure just how quick this one would be in the 1/4 but my dad used to run a 66, all steel (except fiberglass wider rear fenders that weighed nearly twice the stock ones) and we were running 12.00-12.01 all day long in a 2332. Best run was an 11.96 at 107mph. 0-60 ft at 1.52s iirc. Without driver the car weighed 1800lbs
@Logik426 nopp its carbed but has a n ignition box it used to be water cooled idont know if that has anything to do with it i know getting big power from those engines isent easy im just used to engines 2000cc and that are meant for racing to make more then 164
@pienkvien Did you not see where I said "great looking car and fun as hell to drive I am sure." No doubt that 160HP in a beetle is "fun." Fun, probably but the car is built for speed. As far as I can tell this is NOT a street car it is a purpose built drag car. I am not even going to touch the "so every 5 litre car should have 800 HP" comment.
thats for sure...look at rc cars with big brushless motors. you will see tire growth at its best. Of course motor cars have the benefit of steel belts and such to counter act this....but then again, slicks arent belted.
at high rpm , is the motor suffering with a bit of "head-flap" ?or is it blow-by? , ive seen so many hi-po vw engines do this, they seem to start smoking at 7000rpm, after inspection,nothing appears wrong... i reckon we could be losing cylinder sealing, i guess a vw engine that doesnt put out any oil at high rpm is a distant dream!! good video, cheers, 200 hp soon....?
I know it happens on top fuelers etc with rinkle walls but these dont look like rinkle walls, just thought they were slicks, obviously not. BTW its not the sidewalls only its the footprint aswell.
hello i am in venezuela i am make swap in bug with engine ej 257,300 hp subaru sti but i don`t know that trans should use that can recomended sir? my car is tipe 1 trans swing
my dads 1775 runs at like 100-110 hp, so 163 on something like that is good, but my dads seems slow cus the distributor is off so 1st is super laggy and slow, but once he gets to second and up, the bug gets goin pretty well
Wait you have 1000cc over most bikes yet make similar power to them.... Is that what these beetle motors are good for, a STAGGERING 163 HP. I mean great looking car and fun as hell to drive I am sure BUT that HP. I mean an 800 HP bug runs 9 flat...with 900! Seriously, what does a 160 HP bug run and how much does it weigh?
No shit...I never heard of "sidewall growth" or any of that. I believe it, I'd just never heard it before. Makes sense though. Ya learn something new every day, huh?
Now, why am I not surprised that this is the same shop I just watched running a VW trike on the dyno, with like seven guys holding it down? I would have recognized them from the fact that they don't use straps or anything to hold the damn thing down. Stupid. I mean, WHEEL-CHOCKS!? What a joke. If those tires catch traction, all those will do is launch the damn thing in the air. Maybe the skidmark on the floor should tell them something? I like the car though. And I wouldn't worry about the smoke
The reason people like the bug motors is not for their crazy horsepower, but imagine that 163 hp on a 900lb sand rail. thats roughly 1 horse for every 5.5 lbs. also bug motors are tourqey little bastards, alot of guys will claim they can outrun anything in a city block within reason.
guys that own that shop earn shit loads of cash biulding motors but can't afford straps?. the cars look great but the two guys standing on the cars to help it get traction looks unprofessional.
That's pretty cool dude... Considering you got 4 x the power out of it had it been stock... lol... Alot of people don't realize what the little old school air cooled vws will do... My Dad drag raced an old Myer Manx VW for about 20 years and always had a blast watching people laugh at us when we pulled up, and then leave pissed when their big blocks got sent home on the trailer by us... lol Keep it up man, its a great looking ride...
All & all , still sounds like a bug , phenomenal.
@justforever96 Unlike what everyone else is saying, the other fact about slicks wrinkling like that on launch is because they are running low air pressure to allow the tire to sag for more contact patch, that why you see alot of drag cars running bead lock screws to keep the rim from spinning in the tire.
the whole tire grows larger in diameter and narrower in width....
slicks, steel belted radials... anything pliable will grow in size if you spin it fast enough. Centrifugal force at work
slicks are like anti-belted.... and yes that is why they wrinkle, sort of. The wrinkle is a function of a very soft high profile sidewall, the tires are also built on a bias ply, not any form of radial or belt {typically}. They are made to have a large flat contact patch, much like a sprinters foot at the start of a race. Traditional tires are designed to stay round under all conditions, which makes them predictable in all directions. Drag slicks laterally are spooky.
Thats a sick bad ass vw.
great looking engine!!
I'm not sure just how quick this one would be in the 1/4 but my dad used to run a 66, all steel (except fiberglass wider rear fenders that weighed nearly twice the stock ones) and we were running 12.00-12.01 all day long in a 2332. Best run was an 11.96 at 107mph. 0-60 ft at 1.52s iirc. Without driver the car weighed 1800lbs
@malukinho15s because the bug is light and cannot put enough pressure on the rollers.
@Logik426 nopp its carbed but has a n ignition box it used to be water cooled idont know if that has anything to do with it
i know getting big power from those engines isent easy im just used to engines 2000cc and that are meant for racing to make more then 164
its just a 1 5/8ths or 1 1/2 inch empi or bugpack merged exhaust.
awesome!
sounds awesome my dads buggy has the same horepower or more and its awesome off road
@chickomenon This doesn't seem to be turbocharged though..
@pienkvien Did you not see where I said "great looking car and fun as hell to drive I am sure." No doubt that 160HP in a beetle is "fun." Fun, probably but the car is built for speed. As far as I can tell this is NOT a street car it is a purpose built drag car. I am not even going to touch the "so every 5 litre car should have 800 HP" comment.
wow ! nice ride man !..
@Logik426 a guy i know got around 230 out of a 2.3 engine NO turbo
thats for sure...look at rc cars with big brushless motors. you will see tire growth at its best. Of course motor cars have the benefit of steel belts and such to counter act this....but then again, slicks arent belted.
Slicks aren't belted? I never knew that. Is that why they wrinkle the way they do on launch?
at high rpm , is the motor suffering with a bit of "head-flap" ?or is it blow-by? , ive seen so many hi-po vw engines do this, they seem to start smoking at 7000rpm, after inspection,nothing appears wrong... i reckon we could be losing cylinder sealing, i guess a vw engine that doesnt put out any oil at high rpm is a distant dream!! good video, cheers, 200 hp soon....?
I want that one as a daily drive
@FAMOUSVSINFAMOUS .........different heads, that's where HP is made
I know it happens on top fuelers etc with rinkle walls but these dont look like rinkle walls, just thought they were slicks, obviously not.
BTW its not the sidewalls only its the footprint aswell.
Its normal for soft sidewall drag slicks.
its only one more HP faster than the black one you guys showed on the dyno. Ys that if the yellow one has a bigger engine?
@ReAlxTiMe : so every tuned 5 litre car should have 800 HP ? Maybe 160 HP is more than enough fun...
Is it just me or can u see the tyres get bigger in diametre the faster it goes?
163 from a 2332 is kind of disappointing... whats the torque output?
LOL my dad ran a 2332 on just a pan and piece of eggcrate for a seat. He said it was a fast ride til it blew him off.
hello i am in venezuela i am make swap in bug with engine ej 257,300 hp subaru sti but i don`t know that trans should use that can recomended sir? my car is tipe 1 trans swing
The wheels, tires and the yellow suggest Massive power... Im sure you could get more then 160 though...
@mmckeand91 nope, probably Lexan
my dads 1775 runs at like 100-110 hp, so 163 on something like that is good, but my dads seems slow cus the distributor is off so 1st is super laggy and slow, but once he gets to second and up, the bug gets goin pretty well
Porsche killer :-)
cant wait to do this to my bug... badass
Do you have a role cage in the car?
well note that the smoke is black, black smoke unburnt fuel, blue smoke burnt oil.
wow, no straps. You guys are brave. Other then that, cool video.
man......i knew i shoulda built a bug and not a nissan........dangit
Wait you have 1000cc over most bikes yet make similar power to them.... Is that what these beetle motors are good for, a STAGGERING 163 HP. I mean great looking car and fun as hell to drive I am sure BUT that HP. I mean an 800 HP bug runs 9 flat...with 900! Seriously, what does a 160 HP bug run and how much does it weigh?
No shit...I never heard of "sidewall growth" or any of that. I believe it, I'd just never heard it before. Makes sense though. Ya learn something new every day, huh?
Is this engine a 6?
Now, why am I not surprised that this is the same shop I just watched running a VW trike on the dyno, with like seven guys holding it down? I would have recognized them from the fact that they don't use straps or anything to hold the damn thing down. Stupid. I mean, WHEEL-CHOCKS!? What a joke. If those tires catch traction, all those will do is launch the damn thing in the air. Maybe the skidmark on the floor should tell them something? I like the car though. And I wouldn't worry about the smoke
man it sounds like its got way more than 164HP!!! but then again the car weighs like 2Lbs. so it should fly!! LOL
send this vid to vw tell them to make em production lol
bad ass man and i hate corney people ,what is there to dislike? because u dont have one?
i dont understand! its doing burnout in a dyno with 163hp! =s
someone should put a busa engine in a bug
ps slammedhemi i think these guys are well aware of what there doing , go take a look at the other dubs they built
@roydied15 y? ive seen many well built bug engines making more horsepower than a busa ever will
160?? thats it?
@youiable 4.
@youiable nope
@ProCharged4108 LOL Who needs 500 Hp when your car weighs 80Lbs? LOL
uhh....duhh. they call it sidewall growth or some fantastic term. watch a top fueler in slow mo, you will see it real bad...
The reason people like the bug motors is not for their crazy horsepower, but imagine that 163 hp on a 900lb sand rail. thats roughly 1 horse for every 5.5 lbs. also bug motors are tourqey little bastards, alot of guys will claim they can outrun anything in a city block within reason.
guys that own that shop earn shit loads of cash biulding motors but can't afford straps?.
the cars look great but the two guys standing on the cars to help it get traction looks unprofessional.
!63hp é fraco!