Know what can be even faster and quicker than one of those rice rockets? A
really built VW Beetle. Not the NewBeetles, but the old fashioned kind.
Running in the 12's is fairly straightforward for these cars. Get the weight
down to about 1650 pounds, build a 200 horse 2 liter engine, bolt on some
sticky tires, and Zoom. A stout VW can pull the front tires off the ground
with sticky tires. Nitrous, turbos, superchargers, they are all used in the
hottest VW's. The fastest ones will run in the high 9's, but these are race-
only "Pro-Stock" Volkswagens.
Just a warning - if you see a trick looking VW with a one piece fiberglass
front end, wheelie bars, and slicks, you had better be really ready to race.
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