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Emerson Fittipaldi twin engine Beetle
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 2:04 pm
by supervly
http://technology.automated.it/2011/05/ ... vw-beetle/
Interesting engineering and creative and its still aircooled
Re: Emerson Fittipaldi twin engine Beetle
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:34 pm
by MINCE
cool story!
BUT! Why go through all that and not race the Porsche 550?
Re: Emerson Fittipaldi twin engine Beetle
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2011 6:35 pm
by Tony Z
to do the impossible and upset a lot of people in the process
Re: Emerson Fittipaldi twin engine Beetle
Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2011 7:53 am
by MINCE
ya, all well and good. But for one race?
Re: Emerson Fittipaldi twin engine Beetle
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:58 pm
by vader
yes it is sad that it was only for one race, BUT what a RACE!!! or an hour of it that is....
Jusyt shows what can be done with the right frame of mind and 2x 2.2l aircooleds!!!! Now that is something to think about to power the DarkSide.....
Re: Emerson Fittipaldi twin engine Beetle
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:57 am
by MarshallGTi
forgive me for digging up and old thread, but thats pretty epic... i really think i was born in the wrong era
Re: Emerson Fittipaldi twin engine Beetle
Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 10:06 am
by MINCE
we were all born in the wrong era