Wheelie bus?

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Wondering if you could(theoretically) do a wheelie in the SambaBus. Using the following tune (from tuning thread)
Basically, buy all the upgrades including the High-end turbo. Then:
Go into transmission and set to 155(MPH). This gives good mid-range(~40-80) at the expense of low-end acceleration.
Now for the fun bit. Go to suspension. Set front and rear camber to 10, increase rear and decrease front spring rate, then set ride height to maximum front (135) and minimum rear(-70). This makes it a bit twitchy, but it looks hilarious. Add any aero you want,and voila. It should be possible to do 115.
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Although the camber might not be necessary, does the ridiculous height change allow for a wheelie? Can any other car beat that height difference?
 
It would be Truely Awesome if that could be achieved, Like I think you could start a wheelie off on a few courses, but i dont know how you would maintain it
 
After my brothers dropped about 300k maxing out the Samba bus while I was washing some dishes I decided to see what I could do with the thing.

Setting both front and rear suspension to as high as it will go (height) and as floppy and sloppy as it will go otherwise. Then setting the fully customizable transmission to a top speed of 60 mph or so I was able to get a bit of a wheelie from a dead stop without reving the engine and dropping the clutch. :D

You can also pull an endo when hitting the brakes.

It's metallic pink with blue rims... 300k well spent.
 
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Rise ride height, make suspension stiff, LSD All as low as can go, and wheelie!
 

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