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curious, has any1 fitted an aircooled motor to a new bug?

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vwjon Fahrvergnugen

914 posts · joined Jul 2006 ·

#859626
i know T2D fitted an old bug running gear to a golf, interesting project, but has anyone done a retro fit to a new bug?



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Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#859632
Rod's putting a flat four into the front of a New Beetle to go drag racing... does that count ???

Car build thread is here - http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=42287&page=1#pid391723

Engine build thread is here - http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91646&page=1#pid852517
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Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang

9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·

#859678
That's just a Golf shell plonked on a type 3 floor pan which is about the only way you could do it with a new beetle as well and I doubt any engineer would pass something like that in Aus, so it would only be a shits and giggles show/strip car.

New Beetles being a FF layout would make it very hard to fit the engine up front unless you used some like a mk1 Gol which had a FWD gearbox connected to an aircooled type1 1600.

Cool idea in theory though.
Bit like the VW powered Subarus

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·

#859719
There were VW powered Subaru's ???

Interesting kind of irony methinks....
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My toys
'70 Hillclimb Bug 'Jezebel' w/- Haltech EFI - http://bit.ly/VwTNtQ
'60 KG Coupe - resto kinda started
01 New Beetle - gf's car, but I turn the spanners