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VW Bug Drag Car

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Just finished the paint on my drag bug.
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Very nice. Clean and tastefully done I like it.

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Badass man perfect wheels too.......................
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Looks great! I wanted to get that body for my drag car as I'm a VW guy, but went with the Nova body because I couldn't wait. How does it perform?

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It doesn't give any downforce on the rear, but it doesn't have any bad habits. Big part of that is how its mounted on the front. Front has zero flex so the body can't do anything weird on the topend. This is my backup car so I havent put as much time into tuning it, but its doing a to b passes in the low 2.3's@ around 60 mph.

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Basher67 wrote: Tue Aug 10, 2021 4:34 pm It doesn't give any downforce on the rear, but it doesn't have any bad habits. Big part of that is how its mounted on the front. Front has zero flex so the body can't do anything weird on the topend. This is my backup car so I havent put as much time into tuning it, but its doing a to b passes in the low 2.3's@ around 60 mph.
Awesome. Thanks! I'm thinking I need to make a splitter for my Nova, it gets a bit squirrelly at speed.

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The problem with the nova and many other bodies, is the front end catches a lot of air and deforms past 50-55 mph. A body mounted splitter will make this worse. Mount the front of the body as far forward as possible and brace the area behind the grill with foam.

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That looks sick man what time does it get at 132 feet?

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Very cool, it's not something you see every day. I dig the uniqueness and creativity. 8)
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