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Originally Posted by freebeard
This Photochop dates to 2013. The first entry in my Photoshops album.
Prius donor [underbody aero] with Golf suspension, 36HP drivetrain and Porsche alternator/cooling fan running at 1:1 off the crank with all eleven fan blades.
The premise was that improving the Cd from 0.41 to >0.28 for the 36HP engine would break the stock Beetle 40MPG barrier. Prolly equal to the hybrid drivetrain. |
A modern Jetta will achieve 40-45mpg at 75mph. I'm personally ignorant about these old air cooled engines, but I don't imagine that stock Beetle was getting 40mpg at anything above 40mph - a speed at which a stock Insight will happily cruise at 120mpg, apples to apples.