INSANE Fast Beetle Hillclimb 2016

Rene Felkl in his Beetle at the Collingrove Hillclimb on a wet, cold day. 13 degrees max! Fastest run was 34.3 sec!
2386cc
98 premium unleaded
Twin 48 IDF Carbderators.
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[@EricFB]

My wife wont let me build another race car but she wants a convertible beetle... This gives me an idea ;)

[@Urbies]

Eric B you gotta do what you gotta do

[@ro63rto]

Hmmm, build one like Richie Webb's street legal convertible :)

[@canalkids1395]

fr0

[@PrimitiveOverland]

A divorce and a garage with an apartment attached !

[@anthonyglickman6245]

Make sure to chop the windshield. Just below helmet height.

[@BigEsGarage]

Looks like a fun hill! Roller Coaster for sure. Bug has a nice note too!

[@Draxindustries1]

Sounds lovely, much more interesting than so many so called fast Fords..

[@2-old-Forthischet]

Wow, that looks so cool! I had a 71 Pinto setup for road course driving that would really be fun to drive on that hill!

[@hyperboytkl1077]

Just look at that superb handling! Like it were on rails.

[@BrokenPortriats]

Starting In 1972 thru 1974 I worked as a VW dealership mechanic in Ohio. I was seventeen when I started. In 1973 VW came out with a limited version Baha strut front end suspension bug with Raco racing seats and could turn quicker then you thought about it. Best handling car I ever drove. But man did it need a motor upgrade. What ever you do don't put that engine in a Baha. The competition has feeling to..................

[@dennishensley1150]

Badass

[@woopark1694]

That exhaust note though. Wow.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Simply fantastic. Very well done.

[@williamscheuer5933]

Wonderful work on this beetle! Really enjoy the stock look. As I'm watching the tachometer it looks like you're hitting 9,000 rpm's at times! Am I right and if I am how did you build the motor to do this?!! Love it!

[@stuartcrossland1746]

With a lot of automotive engineering knowhow.

[@oceanhome2023]

It wasn’t cheap most of these VW speed parts are made in the USA we are the best at souping up VWs . The down side of this after you have spent all that money to make it fast is that it still is an ancient Rattle trap VW 😒

[@psavel274]

With forged H.D. internals. The right valvetrain- springs, and retainers especially, and you can rev to 9k all day long. I used to build a good amount of vw 16v's- (PL, 9A, and ABF,) and they rev safely to 8,500 rpm+. Nothing really out of the ordinary there at all.

[@psavel274]

@@oceanhome2023 Proper suspension setup (coilovers, sways, bushings, reinforcements, corner-weighting, etc,) and sticky tires should come before any of the engine work. Any racer who has a clue will tell you to master the car at its limit in stock form, and when you can drive it to its fullest potential- start with suspension, tires, and brakes. Three of some of the most important aspects of racing as far as the car itself goes. You can have all the power in the world, but if you can't control it or stop it, you certainly won't be fast, and you'll probably wreck.

[@peterduxbury927]

@@psavel274 Perhaps lowering the height of the car is very important too!

[@johnnyturbo8460]

I would love to see a video doing a break down of this cas setup

[@calimom3lestudios931]

Herbie is still alive!

[@ChrisVanMiddelkoop]

it sounds and looks great!

[@samirgaber8315]

عمل رائع لسيارة بتلز اكيد الماكينة معدلة لتسير بهذه السرعة الخارقة ارجو التواصل لمزيد من المعرفة

[@insertnamehere4959]

Very cool! And the sound is great too!

[@wernerbloemwagen6878]

Amazing handling and roadholding!

[@themask706]

The one advantage of a track this thin, you cant miss the racing line

[@leechampion6538]

Err, yes you can.

[@psavel274]

Thing has like ZERO body roll. I'd be interested to see the suspension setup. Guessing proper adjustable coilovers with sways??? Got to be a blast to toss around. Exhaust sounds perfect as well. Nice work.

[@synapticburn]

it's a standard beetle, so it' s a torsion bar front beam with shocks. But you can get adjusters for it and narrow it. Rear has torsion bar as well and you can lower it by turning it a spline or two. But with upgraded shocks, drop spindles in the front, and big front and rear sway bars they handle great, they're very light. I used to autox my 66 and it was very competitive with just good tires and a closer ratio trans

[@caveone-365]

@@synapticburn Right, I don't know a ton about the air-cooled stuff really, but it's setup really nice from the looks of it for sure! My experience pretty much lies in the watercooled world, with the PL/ 9A 16v, 1.8t's and VR's of all displacements. Chassis wise basically mk1 through mk5, Rocco's, Raddo's, B3/ B4 Passats, etc. I have built and owned some nice mk2's especially over the years before I got bitten by the Bimmer bug and started building/ track prepping the E30/ E36/ E46 chassis cars. I owned around 8 Bavarian Meat Wagons LOL and I'd have to say my favorite daily was my E34 540/6 m sports. I had two of them and they were such comfortable yet capable cars. Especially with decent suspension, rubber, and the regular mods...

[@SLAMTRON]

...a Rose by any other name is still a Porsche

[@MaxellAdGuy]

Glorious Air-cooled Flat Four

[@wizzard5442]

Why isnt the rear fender-mounted camera visible in the entire video?

[@98vwgolf]

this looks like loads of fun

[@bitemykrank1970]

UNFAIR ADVANTAGE CALLED !!!! I saw the SA plates..........It's running on Adelaide Tap Water isn't it, 110% proof ??

[@rjl110919581]

THANK YOU FOR GREAT VIDEO ON VW BUG

[@jasonwilson7674]

Now that's a car 👍🏻

[@uprebel5150]

What was the guy at the start looking for under the Beetle with the mirror on the end of the pole that he was holding?

[@svttodd]

I think it's a little wheel wedge to keep the racers from rolling back. I have seen them used before by officials in hill climbs. That Beetle is awesome! Just like a 911!

[@ingodevries4141]

Good Car and good Video

[@NakedUndone]

It's Herbie!

[@59vaughn]

Wow....well sorted ....!!...

[@romnickz9]

Kce p,ace to do thosefast drives. No danger to people.love it. Nice car !!!

[@bluesharp59]

Nice video and gave you a thumbs up.

[@DavidDavid-qz9ps]

how could it be a 2016 video but uploaded on 2014

[@bobmtz854]

What is motor?

[@jamesporche7834]

Ha Ha

[@navyxa2599]

Nice bug bro!!!!!..... (Adelaide has some killa bugs stashed away everywhere)

[@JintySteam1]

Racing like Herbie. I think Herbie would approve lol

[@gouddrofwarc1982]

Thumbs up for making your Beetle handle like that. Not an easy task

[@markturner8672]

VW sounds and looks impressive. Taking it on that track though, is a rollover waiting to happen!

[@marktitus6598]

Why? Volkswagons have very low center of gravity, I had one when I was a teenager and I did things in that that probably would have killed me in any other car.

[@rofufoja]

Check out 'Rhapsody in Blech part 2' here on youtube. Footage of the nürburgring in the 70's with quite some beetles rolling over quite easily. They were probably standard though.

[@TheGuerillapatriot]

It's like a 356 on steroids. This late model beetle has the same set up as a Porsche 911 in the rear suspension wise. A banana trailing arm with IRS axles.

[@leonardgmiller8924]

If you think beetles roll easy you don't know how to drive one because once you do they are extremely hard to turn turtle

[@DanielRodriguez-kl1ls]

I'd like another old school Beetle. My dad and I restored a 1967 one, but he would kill me if I modified it heh.

[@AlfredoArbe]

2386??? wich engine r u using? car looks awesome

[@nigelallister9871]

Alfredo Arbe you can build a “stroker” aircooled VW beetle engine to 2387cc using an oversized 86mm crank and 94mm pistons

[@xr7coug]

Sure looks fun!

[@shellcracker18]

So.. where was the hill climb?

[@zaerx777]

Lovely VW!!

[@joseluisjimenez3789]

what sise of motor is that sounds exelent good job amazimg bug have one my self 74 good cars

[@marktitus6598]

Description states it's a 2386 CC motor

[@xpanda_juice1923]

So i own an 83 beetle and i took the front bumper off and it looks fucking amazing

[@Urbies]

GizmoOwl AHAHAHAHAA good stuff mate

[@MX-fo2nu]

Cool

[@henriwalther8318]

Suspensão IRS ?

[@doctorhelicopter]

Blip the throttle and Herbies synchros will last longer

[@williamrockcastle408]

What year bug is this?

[@andgate2000]

Fast safe bug.....gotta have irs...and discs all round...big motor.

[@angelvelez6]

Beetle 1970 nice

[@willfelkl7950]

1968 ****

[@davidlees4322]

All he wants is a blue and red stripe and the number 53

[@imdjc4]

Sorry NASCAR and big block fans....this race requires turning the steering wheel right.

[@Stormas3000]

Porsche's 911 fat big brother

[@eugeniosantillangutierrez6519]

🏁

[@coreyhuckins7650]

What's the name of the song?

[@digisuboob]

darude sandstorm

[@sidewayssam]

Wow, that things rapid....what bhp? Must be close to 200 bhp

[@duca1999]

sidewayssam u think of base from VW out with 36cv lol

[@sidewayssam]

Hiroshi Shiba79 i have a mate with / building a 300bhp one,big step up from 30 bhp as you said👍

[@duca1999]

sidewayssam of course from daylight to night! 300hp? but does it keep well the road with all this hp?

[@sidewayssam]

It has never seen the road yet!he has spent the last 10 years building it...it is the car that is never finished!

[@leonardgmiller8924]

I've had 300hp at the flywheel back in late 80's but only ever drag raced that one, steerable engines 180 to 190hp

[@martspangenberg]

This video is sped up. Why...

[@Urbies]

Yeah nah it's not, cheers for the comment tho

[@martspangenberg]

Now that I watch it again the speed looks normal. I must have been mistaken. Cool car man

[@Steve-qi7hc]

Herby on steroids.

[@waitwhat7724]

I want that bug !

[@jazzpup8288]

Killer bug

[@AbdullahKhan-qt3ig]

engine?

[@Urbies]

Porsche engine. info in description

[@jamestorres5582]

Sounds Bad Ass

[@59vaughn]

Now that's buggin...!

[@ldnwholesale8552]

And I though Rene had retired!

[@Urbies]

LDN Wholesale he never stops

[@leesmartin]

Do you know if Rene owns a 550 replica at Buik Motorworks? Got a friend who is very keen to buy it

[@colingotch1871]

Play it back at 0.75x and it looks spot on. It’s all sped up. Those in car shots done even look real until you slow them down I mean, his reaction times to those bumps, really? Still a killa sounding engine and a fast car. Just not that fast.

[@josefschwemberger6392]

hohe kompression

[@MrKrueger88]

Love the sped up film ... Lol

[@martinharris5017]

yeeehaa!

[@BillyRillkratz]

wearing a shirt in a race car, sorry, nö!

[@ronpat100]

where was the insane bits?

[@Urbies]

build a bug like this and you'd think it's pretty insane. Actually show me someone with a bug like this and i'll congratulate you. OR maybe do something with your life so you can build something as fun and cool as this

[@justdoi8909]

@@stuwest3653 gosh you sound like a nice sort of chap. (s) what kind of car do you race?

[@coloradomountainman8659]

not exactly your gramma's bug.................

[@roygumpel8415]

cool car. boring video

[@chrisb8075]

Insane fast? No. Racing without a fireproof suit? Stupid. Overall? Shite.

[@garyrush2454]

Fast must mean slow there.? Makes sense cause the steering wheel should be on the left, but it’s on the right. Lmao 😜😜

[@jamiewallace7685]

It's a fab looking bit of machinery (even to a non Beetle lover)...... let down by the blatant speeding up of the video footage. One can logically assume that the audio is equally sped up, thus giving the engine sound and perceived performance an equally misrepresented dynamic. If you're gonna fake a video, then up your fucking game and stop insulting people who know better.

[@Urbies]

not one bit of this footage is sped up Jamie... Just one very fast beetle!

[@liamcameron6244]

I have seen it in real life, not sped up one bit.

[@willfelkl7950]

Hey mate, This is my dads car.... I can assure you this video is not sped up!!!

[@jamiewallace7685]

Fair enough chaps, I guess sometimes KZbin can give wrong impressions when source material is compressed and whatnot. And apologies for my rudeness - I was having a bad day xx

[@navyxa2599]

LMAO.....Speed up video?...Obviously you know fuck all about Beetles.

[@rustyvdubgarage3053]

why speed up the video

[@Urbies]

Stephen Morgan actually none of it is sped up at all

[@YianniSoc]

I love he's in a button up shirt and some jeans. No fancy racing suit here!

[@friktionrc]

I love how he fall out of the Bug hahahahaha

[@DavidDavid-qz9ps]

how could it be a 2016 video but uploaded on 2014

[@TheStig-ko7ik]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE these old V.W beetles unlike these so called 💩 new designed ones. Anyway I would loved to been in that car doing that.

[@thisoldjunk5752]

Nice Bug

[@abbasidris8920]

الايام دى القعونجات سمهن فاير !

[@ingvarellingsen2925]

Awesome! I love VW Beetle. Especially old one's from 67' and " "back ".

[@ChuddleBuggy]

Was this particular year Beetle sourced from South Africa by any chance? I know Australia had their own VW factory/ies (even came up with their own Type 197) but this car's front end looks a lot like the South African bug.

[@ozkrpalminteri9431]

Wow, that thing handles like a porsche

[@user-rn6yc1vh4q]

Not pike's peak , but maybe pike's nipple .

[@michaelcarmean4906]

💥 Very Fast... Super Handling... Great Driver 💥

[@fusgrind]

Hello here in brazil. What engine these beetle? And gearbox ? Fuel injection? Thanks

[@jaundrevorster3858]

Hey bro what dit you do to get your engine like that ?? Plzz reply

[@goosied4072]

Suspension set up???

[@Chris-km8wy]

What wheels are those, they look sick

[@themask706]

What line you gonna take 202 ?, hmmm

[@jamalalfakhroo6566]

I like this car

[@ronbranum7858]

HERBIE.......