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schmleff Mon May 24, 2004 3:45 pm

The chat forum guys sent me here. I am considering putting a car together for an autox car. Can it be made to handle?

kakarottt Mon May 24, 2004 6:39 pm

http://www.1302super.com/page12.html

is that what you mean?

schmleff Mon May 24, 2004 6:48 pm

Heck ya!!!


So is a super beetle the way to go or should I go with a standard bettle?

PonyBoy Tue May 25, 2004 6:43 am

From what I understand, the Supers are better autoX cars since they have a McPherson strut front suspension and IRS, unlike the standards which use torsion bars. They are a little heavier though.

I think there's a guy on this board with a blue super that races porsches :)

You might want to take a look at
http://www.germanlook.com/Forums/index.php?s=c2650fee7bdf873590211b64f974e8db
and
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/cgi-bin/iB3/ikonboard.cgi?s=3f5f303b2217ffff

kakarottt Tue May 25, 2004 8:53 pm

http://www.volksworld.com/content/down/kreiskuke.wmv
http://www.volksworld.com/content/down/kreiskuke2.wmv
what kind of racing is this autoX anyways?

Bugorsh Fri May 28, 2004 3:44 pm

You might not want a super to run the Baja 500 with big dips and bumps, but it runs great on or off road with a semiflat track/course. As you can see from the videos posted above that not only does it steer with the steering wheel, but you can throttle steer it as well. There's nothing like the feeling of hanging it out sideways in a corner. :shock:

Brett



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