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Old 04-10-2010, 11:12 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
Good question. It had little power and was thus slow but still every bit helps.

Wouldn't it be cool if pillbugs were as common as beetles?
power as in hp, is not a boxer. the 1938 would rip a civic a new ... err hum. Don;t chain the miconception of power together.

the new beetle is sideways drivetrain for one, crammed in aplace it should never go..that is instant brick wall in the wind...underhood physics of transverse is the reason I run from them. aero benefits for thenew beetle would be diffuser holes down low in the rear...maybe even an inch of rake positive.
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