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Old 08-03-2010, 09:18 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ecofreak View Post
What if you pull a low-HP VW diesel from a Thing or Beetle...
The Beetles and Things were all gassers. There were a few (very few!) diesel VW flat-fours made and installed in Beetles, but the NVH and lack of power were deemed unacceptable. This for a car that started out at <20 HP, and may have made 40HP at the time!

Lots of Beetle-based kit cars out there. I can't think of any that are aerodynamically that good.

-soD

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