Longer intake for dual carb setup

[oprn]

Ok, lazy bones.

Taken from the archives on this site '71 Beetle 1600cc 60 HP at 4400 RPM.
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[oprn]

Ok, lazy bones.

Taken from the Technical tab on this site '71 Beetle 1600cc 60 HP at 4400 RPM. "66 type 3 65 HP at 4600 RPM.

So I missed it by 1 HP, just going on memory on that one.

How hard was that to fact check?
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[BFB]

Yeh ,Mr Moody, how hard was it to back up what you said with where you got it from?

My point in asking @ what rpm was because i was betting that the T3 with duals making 5 ( to 6 ) more hp also turned higher rpms. So it wasnt just the duals alone that added the additional hp.
be interesting to see is the torque ratings & rpm too.
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[BFB]

Also, just gunna leave this here…

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[oprn]

[oprn]

[BFB]

Probably because some guru somewhere said they didnt work..


They do look cool though! Assume they were a slide type carb, like a Mikuni?
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[oprn]

Maybe the intake runners were too long?
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[BFB]

Possibly, at that length youd have to have nothing but torque and all in at 2000 rpm. Be like driving a diesel.
Hahaha
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Most experts aren't.

[Rubix12345]

[BFB]

did you see Fun with vdubs' video thread? they did some cool stuff especially in the beginning.

maybe they'd do some Dyno testing? especially if someone else took the time to make some manifolds
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"how am i supposed to torque the rear wheel nut to 250 ft lbs??? " - clonebug
An interesting thing happens in forums where everyone starts parroting the same thing and "common knowledge" takes over.
Most experts aren't.

[oprn]

Yes I very much enjoyed the grass roots beginning of that series. Very practical and educational but then they branched off into a "shoot for the highest numbers" format that a thousand other sites on line have already done. At that point I lost interest.

I get it though. The guy that owned the shop has to make money and testing little add ons and such was not promoting what he does for a living.
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