Mr Whippy
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 01:35 PM |
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Originally posted by Delinquent
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
well the bug engines have that huge great fan spinning round all the time at about twice engine speed, god knows how much power that saps!
going on the amount of air it puts out I don't imagine it would be very much - 1/4 to 1/2 HP at the most?
try holding something need the fan air intake at full throttle! ran the buggys one without the body on, quite an air flow through it
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 03:21 PM |
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by stevebubs
Electric......how far are you planning on going in it?
normal range seems to be about 40miles with batterys depending on how many are fitted  kind of limiting I supose, would be fun though
So, how far without?
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Delinquent
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 04:01 PM |
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
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Originally posted by Delinquent
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
well the bug engines have that huge great fan spinning round all the time at about twice engine speed, god knows how much power that saps!
going on the amount of air it puts out I don't imagine it would be very much - 1/4 to 1/2 HP at the most?
try holding something need the fan air intake at full throttle! ran the buggys one without the body on, quite an air flow through it
Yeah suppose it's comparable to our old dust extractor, which is 800w - OK call it 1hp lost
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 22/9/08 at 05:38 PM |
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Originally posted by stevebubs
BMW K100 engine?
That would make an interesting conversion! Or even an R1200 engine for a very distinctive sounding Beetle 
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