STI swapped into a 68 VW Bug

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STI swapped into a 68 VW Bug

Postby Operator » Sun Nov 14, 2010 9:14

Quite impressive!!!!

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Postby movovr » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:14

Damn that's badass...having owned 3 bugs and a bus I would love know how to build something like that.
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Postby mOOsE » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:14

nice
perfect for towing your STI ATV
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Postby erod550 » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:14

That thing would be awesome but is a total death trap lol
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:14

I know of a few bugs with that much power on a bug motor, why swap the motor?
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Postby chromal » Mon Nov 15, 2010 9:14

I don't know why, but it makes me happy someone did it. 1940's chassis design with 2000's engine power. WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?
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Postby mOOsE » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:I know of a few bugs with that much power on a bug motor, why swap the motor?


so true. The motors are old-tech but they have been around so long that it's not uncommon to have a 300hp NA VW bug motor. It would be more of an accomplishment to have the AWD platform too on it :) Or at least a 500hp DD STi VW bug.
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:14

AWD bug would be cool.

My uncle back in the day, late 60's- early 70's, put a ford 390 in a bug. He put the motor in the front and basically had the tranny welded to a rear with no driveshaft. The front seats were gone because of the placement of the motor. You sat in the back seat.
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Postby Justin » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:14

Friend of mine in Seattle built one for rally. I want to say it used the 4x4 hardward from the awd vw van, but I don't remember for sure.

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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:14

out of this maybe?

http://www.4wdonline.com/VW/Transporter/T1.html
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Postby Justin » Tue Nov 16, 2010 9:14

Yup, thats the one I think! Whatever was used, it was a really cool car. I can only imagine how much fun something like that would have been with 500+ HP.
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