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Well, when you aren't pushing around a ton of useless chrome, fluffy seats and gaudy body work, you don't need as much power... or fuel.
Even with the light weight of a VW, their engines were way underpowered. Unless you think a 20-30 second 0-60 mph time (depending on the year) "powerful." They were slow even with 4-series gearing (axle ratio). Imagine how much slower they would be if they had highway gearing (like 2.93s or 2.76s)!
BTW, chrome is definitely not useless... plastic is! Chrome looks great and is fun to polish. Beats those plastic bumpers of modern cars any day!
VW was not the best engine ever but for it's time period 1937 25 HP was a moving thing. Then the jump to 36HP (1100cc) was made for a while and then in 1961 came the 1200cc with a 40HP. The early/mid 30's had a crashbox tranny that was updated to a full synchro in 1961. These minor changes helped the evolution of VW thru the yrs. When considering the car weight...the small engines served their purpose.
If I sound like a VW nut...I am a former VW mechanic/engine builder of 28 yrs.
VW was not the best engine ever but for it's time period 1937 25 HP was a moving thing. Then the jump to 36HP (1100cc) was made for a while and then in 1961 came the 1200cc with a 40HP. The early/mid 30's had a crashbox tranny that was updated to a full synchro in 1961. These minor changes helped the evolution of VW thru the yrs. When considering the car weight...the small engines served their purpose.
If I sound like a VW nut...I am a former VW mechanic/engine builder of 28 yrs.
Steve
I always wanted a baja bug for having some fun in those were really neat
Even with the light weight of a VW, their engines were way underpowered. Unless you think a 20-30 second 0-60 mph time (depending on the year) "powerful."
You are just showing your ignorance of VWs...
must be getting your info from the 'news' you watch.
pound for pound the best built and designed motor.....it doesn`t need much power to be the best overall.....everybody wishes they had a Meyers Max with one of those motors pushing it.....the motor was indestructible and they still run today...VW had some serious engineers back then
pound for pound the best built and designed motor.....it doesn`t need much power to be the best overall.....everybody wishes they had a Meyers Max with one of those motors pushing it.....the motor was indestructible and they still run today...VW had some serious engineers back then
I've been collecting car magazines for almost 35 years and I know how slow the '50s to '70s VW Beetles are.
They average around low-20s for 0-60 mph.
Not ignorance, just facts.
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