Vw Beetle Autocross

February 17 2019 8 pm may 28 2014 10 am by tom burkart.

Vw beetle autocross. Find it here on ebay in dover new hampshire for only 2k. Special thanks to bat reader jim g. We provide the classic vw hobby with tech tips project advice and quality parts for vw restoration vw performance and custom aircooled vw projects.

If you autocross a pre 68 vw beetle it will handle more like an old porsche 356. This 1973 vw beetle was an scca pro rally car back in the early 80 s according to the seller and includes race documentation and a valuable halda unit. I autocross a 1962 vw beetle.

I have only ran my car in a few practices up here in the l a. If you autocross a post 71 vw super beetle it will handle more like an old porsche 911. Thanks for including a vw in your articles about autocross racing.

If you already own a mk4 or are looking for one there are pluses and minuses to each of the body variants. So much so that i m in the process of converting my myers manx clone vw powered dune buggy autocross car to a mid engine car. Porsche engineers found that decreasing the stiffness of the rear torsion bars improved the handling of rear engine cars such as the 356 and vw followed suit with the beetle.

In an autocross even the fastest cars don t reach much more than 60mph on the straights so the cars are never subjected to the extremely fast high g turns found in. The 1998 2005 mk4 mark 4 or 4th generation vw chassis was offered in the bettle golf gti jetta and audi tt variants. 2014 volkswagen beetle gsr scoots around go kart autocross at road america.

Area like 3 times mostly shakdowns to test the car. It is now pretty neglected but would be a cool project. Gsr aims at autocross target misses beetle gsr drives like it has gorilla on roof.