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Posted by: nocones Feb 14 2006, 02:26 PM

Just thought this was pretty nice and wanted to share.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4608502941&sspagename=ADME%3AL%3ALCA%3AUS%3A31

Posted by: Flat VW Feb 14 2006, 02:34 PM

Posted by: SoCal Driver Feb 14 2006, 03:16 PM

thats awesome! I saw a turbo'ed 70's bug down in LA not to long ago...no exhaust at all just a downpipe from the turbo. Suprisingly it wasnt as loud as I imagined.

Posted by: lapuwali Feb 14 2006, 03:28 PM

Turbos make great mufflers...

A turbo Beck: kill yourself twice as quickly...

Posted by: Mark Henry Feb 14 2006, 03:35 PM

Yeh...

Have you ever seen a spyder beside a 914????

It's about half as high! no joke...the windshield is just a hair above the 914 fender.

Posted by: nocones Feb 14 2006, 03:36 PM

Half as much car with twice the engine.
How can you go wrong!?!?

Posted by: Brian Mifsud Feb 14 2006, 03:54 PM

just don't hit anything! especially 1950's American Sedans... it tends to make indentations on your skull...


Always loved Beck Spyders.. but never considered their crash-a-bility..

I suppose you could add full roll cages to them and they might not look too bad....

Posted by: SoCal Driver Feb 14 2006, 03:56 PM

oh, i know turbo's quiet down the tone of the exhaust, but i was just suprised at how much it did. But then again i've heard a 350 whp 1.8t with straight exhaust @ WOT, and dayam its loud.

I dont see any issue with less car and more motor. Look at the Ariel Atom, under 1100 lbs and 300hp. There's some fun for ya.

Posted by: lapuwali Feb 14 2006, 04:13 PM

It's not so much the crashability, but the all too "authentic" suspension Chuck Beck insisted on using. This was bloody dangerous in 1955 with 80hp or so. The very thought of 200hp is just terrifying. If the suspension is heavily modified with something like zero roll or whatnot, maybe. An all stock Beck, however...

Posted by: Maltese Falcon Feb 14 2006, 07:23 PM

...and you really can't turbocharge a '57 Speedster either , but we did


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Posted by: Maltese Falcon Feb 14 2006, 07:24 PM

nor a Porsche 928...


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Posted by: Maltese Falcon Feb 14 2006, 07:25 PM

and don't forget that a BMW 2002Tii can't be force fed either...


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