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spdterence Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#710143
So the pre-nup agreement was pretty clear.
Wife says she wants a purple Porsche with a great big fat whale tail for her 40th birthday. Well when you are 28 that seems like years and years away - well guess what this is next year! Anyway - after reading some of the costs of engine rebuilds and gearbox rebuilds etc she says - "what about painting your bug and putting a bigger engine in it?"
So I started thinking about what I would do - got carried away and though of a Superbug, Subaru Wrx and a Porsche 915. Now my question is what should be the donor bug to start with? McPherson strut or beam front end. I have a 1969 IRS pan with balljoint beam front end - but thought the handling would be better with a strut front. any ideas? Tez
Smile - It confuses people😀

Today:
Aussie 69 IRS pan Brazilian curves
1916cc of Stans magic
Fat boy stainless extractors
Craig & Tims 3 bar stiffy

Tomorrow
Cooookies
Better brakes

matara Custom Title Time!

1,342 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#710163
Superbug, Subaru Wrx and a Porsche 915.
You need to talk to Jak Rizzo, his is even purple-ish too.

spdterence Seriously Crusin Dubber

143 posts · joined May 2008 ·

#710490
Thanks matra - amazing. I did a quick search and found heaps of stuff, some footage on YouTube also that was really neat also. That bug seems very tidy and well sorted handling wise!
I really have to meet Jak and have a look over it - fantastic. 👍 I am sure he has a wealth of knowledge to back it up.
Are there any other 5 speed choices other than Porsche - as I have read that they are pretty big and the car requires require quite a bit of modification. I guess the alternative is to stick with the 4 speed with some strong internals.

Terry
Smile - It confuses people😀

Today:
Aussie 69 IRS pan Brazilian curves
1916cc of Stans magic
Fat boy stainless extractors
Craig & Tims 3 bar stiffy

Tomorrow
Cooookies
Better brakes

OberonViking Seriously Crusin Dubber

124 posts · joined Mar 2008 ·

#716861
When I'm not driving my kombi I am in a 94 Commodore 5 speed manual. I prefer the 4 gears particularly when stuck at 80 km/h. On the hills around here the commodore doesn't like 80 in 5th, the kombi loves it.
1970 Baja - waiting in the paddock for some TLC.

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#716917
agree, cheaper to buy it already done. 👍