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liam66 Officially Full-On Dubber

260 posts · joined Oct 2005 ·

#657323
I'm toying with the idea of going subaru in my buggy.
Will a kombi box stand up to a wrx 2.0 turbo motor? I dont want to do burnouts or thrash it, but I'm after something that I don't have to completly baby.
Does the kombi box fit in the beetle without much surgery?

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#657325
A kombi box will handle the bower if you don;t drive stupid. Kind of like putting a Lexus V8 in a Suzi.....

the 091 Box is the best fit and strength out of what you have as easy options and it fits in without to many issues. Does your buggy have a lift kit ? If not with the body you have you may have to clearance the glass a little at the back as the kombi box sits higher. Custom Vee Dub (www.customveedub.com.au) do a kombi transmission kit which ie very good and has a front and rear strap included. I have one of their kits in my Buggy which is running an EJ 22 and it works sweet. I also had one in my Baja which was running an EJ20T and it was fine. I blew a few box's though with the 33" rear tyres and weight which was closser to a tonne.

Wes is running a kombi box with his V6 and no issues to date, it all comes back to how you drive.
Brad
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THUDKNUCKLE Officially Full-On Dubber

224 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#658560
definatley comes down to how you drive lol , after getting on my car ( rotor baja) a fair bit in the past few weeks my 091 is starting to make a lil bit of noise . lol oh well its what happens when you have i guess lol. but prior to this doin nothing crazy but not pussy footing everywhere the 091 held up perfectly.
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liam66 Officially Full-On Dubber

260 posts · joined Oct 2005 ·

#658679
So the Custom vee dub kombi box kit has the shifter running outside the tunnel? That doesn't sound good.
The pitstop mount lookls like it has an adapter for the shifter on the front?
This is all I need?

Pitstop had some other goodies that looked pretty nifty

This looks like a better clutch setup;
http://www.pitstopautoinc.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PAI&Product_Code=PSA-CNC320B&Category_Code=7PEDAL

ratbug aka toddy101

439 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#658697
Isn't the other bit to the kit just the front gearbox mount? Not sure how it will be any different to mounts provided locally?

The kombi box gear selector is a couple of inches higher than the beetle one, so with mine, i just weld two selector to rod coupling's together. It sticks out of the rear inspection cover, but you can just make a new cover to go over the top. This is BlueV2's setup..


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ratbug aka toddy101

439 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#658698
Also, the CNC stuff you can get locally from a few places.. Except I havn't seen that slave cylinder saver... Wouldn't mind one actually.
Sharbuilt Beach buggy with Subaru 2L Turbo
Thunderanch Riot with Subaru 2L Turbo
Manxter with FA20turbo
Click here for wiring looms

type3dub Learner Dubber

10 posts · joined Jun 2008 ·

#658715
Hi guys I'm new here. Will this conversion fit the kombi box to the type three aswell ?

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#659030
type3dub wrote:Hi guys I'm new here. Will this conversion fit the kombi box to the type three aswell ?
In some ways a late type 3 is easier as the tranny hangs from the body and doesn't have to clear the horns like in a beetle. However, you could probable do with extra bracing.
Like this sort of thing would be good

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=64482&page=1#pid607647

Everything else is a really a custom bracket setup I'm afraid. You'll have to make it up yourself. Not very hard, but there you go. Nothing straight off the shelf. Sorry.
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